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!

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

January 27 - 30, 1993

 

Wednesday, January 27, 1993

 

A fair day, not too cold. Carmen came at about 1 PM to get the store list. She got the groceries. Cameron stayed here. Brogan down to Betty’s. The baby was very good all the time. I worked on puzzle some. Arnold came in late p.m., he worked on the puzzle, a big boost. Carmen got a good supper.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 28, 1993

 

A bright sunny day. A very late rising from me this morning. About 6:45. I’ve been behind all day. I finished the puzzle. I got the papers all read. Carmen brought up a tunafish casserole for supper and a delicious hot mince pie.

 

 

 

Friday, January 29, 1993

 

Another nice sunny day except in the p.m. the wind blowed and was very cold. I done up the regular work. I got more papers read. Dorothea came and we filled out some more papers. She got the supper to going. She went to town and came back and got rest of the supper. Betty came and got a box of photo albums. BJ over tonight, Arnold, Brogan and Cameron went and got her. I like this new pen, Betty brought it up yesterday.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 30, 1993

 

A quite nice day. Got up real early. I done regular work. Washed the sheets. Dorothea came and cleaned up the whole house. David came for coffee. I’ve been reading magazines I’m behind on. Dorothea done so much, went to town. Helped Billie with his shampoo etc. We had a good baked bean supper by Kim. The whole works. Very good. Talked with Zac which I do every week. Look forward to that. He is doing okay he says. I hope he can do what he wants to do.

 

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