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, April 27, 2025

February 15 - 18, 1993

Monday, February 15, 1993

 

I washed and iron. It is a nice sunny day, not very cold. Betty and Charlene gone to Lewiston to get their hair cut etc. A bad storm, snow blow and a mess coming. No mail today. I’ve been busy some today. Betty came and got the supper. Walt came up for supper also. Carmen brought the children up, she had to go to work. Betty took them home when she went home.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 16, 1993

 

Well the bad storm didn’t come. We got a lot of snow. The banks are high. Tom came up a little while this p.m. Carmen came up and got a few things done for supper. She had to take the kids down to Betty and Walt’s. She got the word from 3 to 7. Betty sick today with a upset stomach etc. Cameron is creeping all the time now. Tom plowed.

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 17, 1993 BETTY LOUISE CROOK HORTON 50 YEARS

 

A mess outside, the snow is deep and piled high. We had a bad storm yesterday and last night. It is cloudy today. This is the day Tom is supposed to go to Augusta to take his test today for fire marshal etc. Carmen had Brogan and Cameron. Tom plowed. Well 50 years ago we had deep deep snow also and the temp dropped very low also. Water pipes froze also. Spring came early.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 18, 1993

 

A quite nice day, on the coolish side. I didn’t do much. Read the papers except the bnews. Watched the shows tonight, very good. Well Kim came and got the supper and a very good one tonight. She cleaned all up and done a good job. Tom helped her with the dishes and swept floor. They visited a little while. I done up the regular work, washed Kassie’s bed.

 

 

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