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 19, 2025

May 7 - 10, 1993

 

Friday, May 7, 1993

 

A mostly cloudy day. Not too warm till p.m. I finished cleaning my desk draws. Read all the papers. Dorothea came, got the supper. Betty called for a little while. Carmen and Cameron dropped in for a little while. Been thinking of Zak.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 8, 1993

 

A very nice summerlike day. Sunny and very warm. I got breakfast and worked on the shelves. Dorothea came and she helped. Then Betty came and we went to Kimball’s greenhouse up in Waterford and got plants. Betty Smith went with us. She enjoyed the ride very much. We was glad she could go. She gave me a very nice box of Russell Stover’s chocolates and a very pretty card for Mother’s Day. Kim, Tom and Mindy went up and got some plants too. Zak left for home this morning about 6 AM our time.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 9, 1993

 

A very nice sunny and hot day. I had a very nice Mother’s Day. I had a lot of many many nice gifts. The children and grandchildren and a great-grandchild treated me to the nice dinner. It was very nice. Betty Smith went let us. Betty H., Carmen, Tom and Kim, Dorothea and Brogan and Mindy (Tom stepdaughter). Came home afterwards and they had nice gifts for me and Betty H. A very nice day.

 

 

 

Monday, May 10, 1993

 

A cloudy day. It rained in p.m. Later in p.m. it cleared up and the sun came out. This morning Kim came and Carmen and Cameron. Kim cleaned the ceiling. Carmen did the draws in my bedroom and the closet. Cameron was fussy because of cutting those teeth. Tom called today. Well Betty got a call from Zak, he had left Denver Colorado, got to St. Louis. Bad rainstorm. Betty had a good supper tonight. Walt didn’t come, he stayed home in case Zak called. He called in the evening.

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