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!

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

December 15 - 18, 1993

 

Wednesday, December 15, 1993 got my new glasses today $128

 

Another cloudy dreary rainy day. Our Christmas tree looks so nice, all well decorated and beautiful wrapped gifts. Dorothea came and got me to go get my glasses. Then she took me up to see her tree and decorations. It looks so nice, she done such a good job. I hope no one steals her Santa from her porch.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 16, 1993

 

At last a clear sunny day, on the coolish windy side. I did a dite of wash this morning. David called, he saw the Christmas tree. Zak also called and had coffee. Zak moved some things to Portland today. He plans to go to work and to school down there. Carmen came and did a few things this morning. I hope she will get to wash the windows soon, they are very dirty. Walt took Billie to the therapist today. Zak moved some more things to Portland. Electric power went off for about two hours, also in the nearby towns

 

 

 

Friday, December 17, 1993

 

A very nice sunny day. Carmen and Cameron came and did the cleaning. I did some odd and end jobs. Also took my bath. Dorothea came, she made cream puffs. Very good. Got the supper also. Cameron was very good today. It looked nice after Carmen cleaned. Betty, Carmen and kids out shopping tonight for supper. Zak moved some more things to Portland today. It has been quite a nice day.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 18, 1993

 

A kind of a cloudy day, some sun. I did a washing this morning. Carmen took Brogan to the Christmas party at school. Walt went too. Carmen and Cameron came, Carmen washed the floors and done rest of the work. I wrote to Esther, sent a card to Pat and Alice. Also got Susan, Joy and Cindy c’s cards ready to go.

 

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