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, June 19, 2025

September 2 - 5, 1993 Aunt Esther's Party

 

Thursday, September 2, 1993

 

It was a nice day. I did a dite of washing. Carmen up this morning and done the work. Betty called today. Carmen had customers today. Esther went to town with Susan today.

 

 

 

Friday, September 3, 1993 checks came $499

 

Well it has been a cloudy day. Got some much-needed rain. Carmen came early this morning. She done all the work, cleaned out the whole house, washed. She made out the bills, took the checks to town, cashed them, done some errands. Watched TV shows in p.m. Dorothea came, she took Dorothea to town. Betty called in PM also Susan called. Dorothea here for supper. Billie got news.

 

 

 

Saturday, September 4, 1993

 

Well it cleared away nice. Esther getting ready for the cookout, made some goodies. I didn’t do much as usual. David down to do the cows and had coffee. Carmen came and did her work. Kids here this morning.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 5, 1993

 

A very nice day. It was a very nice party at Susan’s. A big surprise for Esther. After we all got over there a nice car drove into the yard and to Esther’s surprise Chris got out with his wife Missy and their daughter Chrissy. She is a cute curly hair. Everyone was pleased to see them. They had a very good lunch. Everyone enjoyed it all very much and pleased to visit with everyone. Susan has everything fixed up so nice and pretty landscape. She has made it look very nice. Martins, Thomases, Hortons, Harrimans, Smith, three Hortons, Harmon, Webber, and Jane Deming, son and friends, Smith, Esther and I. Betty H took Betty S and me for a long ride afterwards. Carmen did her work here this morning. David and Walt and Zak here for coffee.

 



 


 





 

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