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, May 4, 2025

March 13 - 15, 1993 BLIZZARD

 



Saturday, March 13, 1993 BLIZZARD

 

Well this will be a big day. A out grown snowstorm and a big big blizzard and hurricane winds are coming. All p.m. tonight and tomorrow till about 2 PM. We all will go to Betty’s prepared shelter for the p.m. and night. Also Kassie. Billie will go up to Dorothea in David’s. I’ll be glad when this is over. Well we left home about early p.m. Billie up to Dorothea and David’s,Kassie and I gone to Betty and Walt’s. What would we do without their heads and their kindness. A Very bad blizzard and storm. We watched TV all evening. Very good reports came in. We was glad the power didn’t go off. It was Brogan and Cameron’s first blizzard.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 14, 1993

 

Well at last this blizzard has left and gone which everyone is so pleased it has gone. It was nice and sunny all day, on the cold windy side. We got home at about 11 or 12 o’clock. Dorothea and Betty unpacked all. We was glad to get home. Kassie too. It was nice and clean and warm. I wrote my letters. At Betty’s we made Italian sandwiches for everyone so that is what we had. We watched some TV in evening. Glad to be home.

 








 

 

Monday, March 15, 1993 Tom plowed Betty H and Betty sick

 

Oh it was nice to see the sun shining this morning. I done up regular work and washed. Arnold worked today at the hospital. Today Betty Smith is very sick, also Betty Crook Horton is very sick with a cold. I didn’t do much today. In p.m. Carmen went to work so I had Brogan and Cameron. Joan picked them up later. Kim came to get the supper so she helped with the kids and got a good supper. Tom had to work. Monica and Larry left for Florida today.

 

 

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