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, June 29, 2025

October 11 - 14, 1993

 

Monday, October 11, 1993

 

A very nice sunny day, clear all day. On the very cold side. Carmen came early and did all the work. Took care of Billie. Arnold took BJ home. Carmen busy at home all day. Betty came this p.m., got the supper. It was very good. We got to watch the soaps today. Carmen got to work tonight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 12, 1993

 

It has been a cloudy day with rain in late p.m. I didn’t do much today. I got a chicken breast in, got it in to cooking for supper. Betty came, got the supper. Very good meal. Carmen and the kids came a little later. Bro ate some chicken as she was going to her Girl Scout meeting and Carmen didn’t have time to get her supper. Cameron helped his Grammy do the dishes (a ball to watch him). It is raining tonight.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 13, 1993 Cold Cold Frosty

 

A nice sunny morning. I did a wash this morning. Carmen came after she got done work and got Bro off to school and did her work. She is going to do the shopping. Well Carmen didn’t go shopping today, she was exhausted from working again last night. Also still having the asthma. She is in awful shape. All the work she does in caring for the very active boy Cameron. It is so hard for her, the work here is enough. Zac came today. The graphic work he is doing is very very good.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 14, 1993 Cold Cold

 

It was very frosty and cold when we got up this morning. Another frosty morning. Carmen came this morning, done her work. The therapist came for Billie. Zak came and had coffee. Carmen done the shopping today instead of yesterday. She was tired out yesterday after working 2 nights at the hospital. Betty, Carmen went to Oxford to shop for Bro’s birthday. She and Cameron went with them so Zak got the supper tonight. A good one.

 

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