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 22, 2025

September 14 - 17, 1993 Zak's Birthday Without Him!

 

Tuesday, September 14, 1993

 

Carmen came, did her chores and cleaned up the house. Then she had a lot of other things to do. Well Esther left early this morning for Florida. Got there all safe and sound. She stayed at Susan’s so as to get up early and get to the airport at 6:30. Dorothea and Betty went shopping today.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 15, 1993 Today Is Walter Ambrose Horton IV Birthday. He Is 24 Years

 

A very hot muggy day. At his house they planned a family dinner and they were having lasagna. But the last minute he was asked to work so he was unable to come. Anyway they had the dinner and all was there except Zak. Tom, Kim, Carmen and children. Arnold had to work. They will have some lasagna when Zak comes up again. This morning early I went down to Brogan’s school in Naples. She had to take some work down to her. Betty mowed lawns today. We had a rain shower tonight. Carmen did the shopping today.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 16, 1993

 

A very nice day. Went to Lewiston with Carmen to get Brogan’s Brownie uniform and cap. We had Cameron with us. He was good all day. He would get in and out of his chair harness, crawled to the front seats, blew the horn etc. He is so cute all the time. I hope I’ll be able to go many more times with them. After Brogan got home from school Betty and Walt took her to the fair in Oxford. She liked that.

 

 

 

Friday, September 17, 1993

 

Well it rained today. David came and done chores. Carmen came, took care of Billie and done the housework. Dorothea came and got the supper tonight, first time for several weeks. Susan cut Billie’s hair. I cleaned up some dishes this morning.

 

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