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 22, 2025

May 17 - 20, 1993

 

Monday, May 17, 1993

 

A quite nice day. I didn’t do much. I made a chocolate pudding. Kim and Tom called a minute. Carmen came with Cameron, he is sure cute. Zak up this morning. Carmen called, she took care of my washing. Betty cleaned her kitchen today. She came up and got the supper. Very good. I got a roast pork into cooking.

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 18, 1993

 

More or less cloudy today, some this a.m. I didn’t do much today. David and Zac here this morning. Carmen came, I had Cameron for a while. Zac and Arnold did some fencing. It got quite cloudy in p.m. Betty and Zac to town to get Zak’s license etc. Betty got supper tonight. Odds and ends, it was good. There were deer down in the field tonight.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 19, 1993

 

A cloudy rainy or showery day. I hate this kind of a day. Betty and Dorothea came and cleaned the two bedrooms and bathroom. They made a change in my room. It was to my sorrow as I decided I didn’t want the big bed. I was (blank)? about the misunderstanding. I wish I could do the things myself. They worked hard and it looked very nice. I’m so thankful for all the things they do all the time. I’m so lucky. I am lucky all they do.

 

 

 

Thursday, May 20, 1993

 

It cleared out today. It was quite nice. Dorothea and Betty here, the cleaned the living room. It looks very nice. They do such good work. Carmen and Cameron were here for a while, the baby is so cute. Carmen brought up the supper. She had a customer, she came back and washed the dishes.

 

 

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