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!

Friday, July 18, 2025

December 22 - 24, 1993

 

Wednesday, December 22, 1993

 

Carmen came, did her chores. She going to do the shopping. Zak dropped in for coffee this morning.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 23, 1993

 

A quite nice day, not too warm. Carmen came this morning, did her work. Also David came down for coffee and Zak here too. We did a dite of wash today. Carmen has been busy all day as usual. She has been so busy during all this Christmas season. She gets meals, she cooks and cooks, feeds and cares for her children and Arnold. She cleans the house every day. I worry about her because of poor condition. Kim and Tom went to town and done some shopping for me today.

 

 

 

Friday, December 24, 1993

 

It has been nice til late p.m., it got cloudy. Carmen came early, done the cleaning. I got my odds and end jobs done. Quite a lot. Then I took my bath. Watched TV programs. Dorothea came about three, she began getting the sandwiches ready for tonight, then Kim came and helped. After supper we all went to Betty Smith then back here. It was nice at Betty’s. She got a nice lot of things. Then came here, we had our gifts and a lunch after, which was delicious. Billie and I got a lot and alot of nice things. Very useful. It was so nice. VCR, a humidifier, clothes and dresses, candy, no end to all that etc. etc. Very nice time and lunch.

 

 









 


 











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