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, May 6, 2025

March 20 - 22, 1993 Billie's 62nd Birthday

 

Saturday, March 20, 1993

 

Nice and sunny this forenoon. Quite mild. David came for coffee and talked. He is interested in sheep, he may get some later. I hope he can. Dorothea came and cleaned up today. I did the washing. I took a bath early this morning. Zac talked with his father this morning. Carmen dropped in for a minute this a.m.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 21, 1993

 

Well it snowed all morning, even the snowplow went by. I cut my corns. I wrote two letters, Zac and Esther. Then I changed my clothes and then they began to come from Billie’s birthday, his 62nd. Carmen and Kim prepared it all. Dorothea got the ice cream and made a cake and bought cupcakes. He got a money tree and got $157 on the tree. Guests: Betty, Walt, David, Dorothea, Joy, Carmen, Arnold, Kim, Tom, Brogan, Cameron, me and the guest of honor Billie. He also had a lot of cards.

 

 



 

Monday, March 22, 1993 Billie 62 years

 

A BEAUTIFUL DAY. Well at last we had a very nice sunny day. A dite of wind at times. I done up the wash, my work. I read my TV book and the paper. Then Betty called and she said she is coming up to get supper. She is much better today. Dorothea called in evening. Betty Smith is supposed to come home tomorrow. He got a nice card from Zac today also Susan brought one over to him.

 

 

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