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 1, 2025

November 15 - 18, 1992

 

Sunday, November 15, 1992

 

A very long day here. Betty came late in p.m., brought some Italian sandwiches for supper. They were very good. Also had cheesecake. I got the breakfast, done up the work. Walt and Cameron was up for coffee. I wrote to Esther and backed my cards for Christmas to Scotland. This is been a fair kind of a day. Not too cold.

 

 

 

Monday, November 16, 1992

 

Cold, but a kind of a pleasant day. I did wash. It was quite cold. Carmen and Cameron called this morning. I worked at the desk in a.m. Watched TV in p.m. Betty came up and cleaned the house in p.m. She has a lot to do tomorrow wrapping gifts etc. Cold tonight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 17, 1992 FIRST SNOW

 

Up early this morning. It was kind of cloudy. Later on in began to snow. I got ready and went down to Betty’s to do Christmas wrapping. We worked on it all day then had a boiled ham supper. Very good. Billie came down for supper. Brogan came there from school. She loves it down there. She was glad to see the snow.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 18, 1992

 

It was sunny most all day. A lot of the snow melted. I didn’t do much today. Carmen came and went and done the shopping. Betty called on her way to Kim’s. They are going shopping. Today we got a set of beautiful pictures. BROGAN ALYSSA and CAMERON ALEXANDER CROOK HORTON. They are taken for Christmas. I love them.

 

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