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!

Monday, May 12, 2025

April 11 - 13, 1993 Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 11, 1993 Easter Sunday

 

Another bad day of heavy rain. Well I done up the work. Carmen came with the children. She got the smoked shoulder and also prepare things for dinner. Betty came, she brought up some things for dinner. They had a good one. Kids have their gifts from Brogan’s father, her mammy, Dennis’s mother. The guests here for dinner : Betty Smith, Arnold, Carmen and kids and Billie Jo, Betty and Walt, Billie and me. I got a lot of candy. It has been such a rainy day. Betty Smith enjoyed very much being here today. Walt up for coffee.

 



 

 

Monday, April 12, 1993 Kimberly Allie Horton Harriman 27 years old today.

 

Betty and Carmen gave her a birthday supper here, they had sloppy Joe’s. A very pretty birthday cake Betty got at the bakery. She got a lot of nice gifts, cards, money. Tom, Dorothea, Betty, Walt, Carmen, Brogan, Cameron, Billie and me. It was all very nice. Kim was very pleased. Also Betty and Carmen went down to Newfield Maine and bought a horse. Palomino. The kids went with them. Carmen came up today, did a little work. I talked with Zak today. Also got a letter off to Esther. Brogan got a gift from ZaK.

 





 

 

Tuesday, April 13, 1993

 

Well at last it cleared up, after the half of the day it cleared up. It looked so nice, clear skies and sunshine. It was so good. Betty came and cleaned the house. Made the beds. The house looks so nice. She will get the supper. Carmen cleaned up the dog spots in the yard. Cameron was very cute as usual this morning. Watched soaps in p.m.

 

 

 

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