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!

Thursday, March 27, 2025

October 27 - 30, 1992

 

Tuesday, October 27, 1992

 

Very cold and windy all day. Sun off and on. I made a applesauce cake, it took me about 1 ½ hours. Carmen came and cleaned up the house. She had worked hard all night. She took Betty’s black cat to the vet to be put to sleep. Betty raked her leaves and she and Walt hauled them off. Arnold hauled in the wood tonight. Billie didn’t do anything today except the therapy.

 

 


 

Wednesday, October 28, 1992

 

A quite nice day. I didn’t do anything in particular. I got the store list ready for Carmen. I had Cameron for a while when Carmen went to town. He was very good. Carmen took Brogan to the doctor. Betty came and brought up the supper she made. Very good. Betty to Oxford to get a pad for her bed etc. Carmen had to work at the hospital tonight 3:30 to 8:30.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 29, 1992

 

Kind of cloudy, a little sun. I read the papers. Checked some gift catalogs. I got a fish chowder to going. Carmen came and got it ready for supper. She had been to Oxford with the kids. Betty called in a little while.

 

 

 

Friday, October 30, 1992

 

A quite nice day. I done regular work. Got some papers read. Carmen came and got the tomatoes canned. Watched TV shows in p.m. Dorothea came in p.m. She got the supper. A good one. Betty called in evening, brought Billie up some blue cheese. Good shows tonight.

 

 

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