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!

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

January 1 - 3, 1994

 

Saturday, January 1, 1994 NEW YEAR

 

Well I didn’t do much today as usual. Cam was sick, a high fever. So Dorothea came and worked for Carmen, and done the work, cleaned from top to bottom all day. I wish she wouldn’t do so much. Cam has teeth coming in and his shot he got makes him sick too. Brogan came up for the night. David here for coffee. The plumber and electrician came at Walt’s today. Still haven’t got the thing perfected as yet. Brogan here last night for the coming of the New Year.

 

 


 

Sunday, January 2, 1994

 

A quite nice day. It was kind of cloudy off and on. Walt up for coffee. Also Zak came, had coffee and donuts. Brogan stayed here all night. She went home early, she missed her mom. Last night we put some of her puzzles together. Also she watched a movie with us on tv and vcr. I wrote to Esther.

 

 

 

Monday, January 3, 1994

 

Cloudy some and some clear. Reports we are going to get a lot of snow. I did a dite of wash. Carmen took care of it. Also she did her other jobs. She done a lot in the house. Cameron was with her this morning. He isn’t the very best health wise. She took the checks to town and made out the bills. Paid them also today. In PM Billie to the therapist. Carmen came and got the supper. A very good one too. Made pudding, a good chicken, she had blueberry muffins. Brogan got some more gifts from her grandmother today.

 

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