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, May 15, 2025

April 21 - 24, 1993

 

Wednesday, April 21, 1993

 

A quite nice day, a lot of sun. Some wind. Carmen came and done the shopping. Cameron was here this forenoon. He is so smart and cute. I enjoy having him being here. I read the paper etc. Kim came and got the supper. Betty called this p.m. Tonight Brogan stayed here all night. She liked it, had a good time.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 22, 1903

 

Well again we had cloudy and rainy again today. Carmen came, done the beds etc. Got the supper to going. She had customers today. Cameron was here while Carmen did her people. He was very good. Carmen had company and Brogan stayed and played with little girl while her mother visited at Kim’s.

 

 

 

Friday, April 23, 1993

 

Well well what a mess again this morning. Rain rain and more rain and clouds. Carmen went to town and got milk and potatoes. She came here and worked, washed windows etc. Dorothea got the lunches, got the supper. Watched the soaps this p.m. Dorothea had a good supper.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 24, 1993

 

A beautiful sunny day. I washed this morning. David came for coffee. This forenoon Michael Boutilier came to Bridgton to see his daughters Carmen, Kim, son-in-law Tom Harriman and Arnold Smith. Also his granddaughter Brogan and the new grandson Cameron. Also his ex-wife Betty Louise Horton. Also he had a chance to visit with the rest of the ex-in-laws, sister Dorothea and Billie and his ex-mother-in-law Althea Crook and Betty’s husband Walt. I was very pleased to see him. We all were. Hope to see him again. Dorothea took Billie up to see the sheep and llama at David’s.

 

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