The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Sunday, March 30, 2025

November 7 - 10, 1992

 

Saturday, November 7, 1992

 

Well a quite nice sunny day, on the cool side. David came for coffee. Dorothea came and did the cleaning, changed beds, washed sheets, swept, dusted, washed windows and floors. Got the lunch and made a good meat hash the supper. Made a apple pie, helped Billie to shampoo his head etc. Worked all day. BJ, Brogan, Carmen and Susan. I take a bath after supper. BJ over for the weekend.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 8, 1992

 

Walt up for coffee. I wrote to Esther. Jason came and did the raking of leaves and a few other odd jobs. Walt up for coffee. I looked over some catalogs today. I done the work today, got the supper.

 

 

 

Monday, November 9, 1992

 

I did washing this morning. Got Esther’s letter ready to go. Also fixed a slip and other things. I did a lot at the desk etc. I done odds and end jobs. Betty came and got the supper, chicken etc. Very good. Watched programs in p.m. Dorothea worked on Billie’s papers.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 10, 1992

 

A nice sunny morning. I done regular work. Also a washing so to have the sheets ready when Betty comes to clean. Billie to Dr. Petrone for a checkup. Okay. Betty will come to get the supper tonight. Carmen sick with a cold. I hope to the Lord the kids don’t get colds. Cameron was here today. He is so cute, beautiful child. Brogan came on the bus about noon. She was here with Cameron and helped to entertain him. Carmen was lucky to get two such good-looking kids. Dorothea took Billie to the doctors.

 

 

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