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 29, 2025

January 26 - 28, 1994

 

Wednesday, January 26, 1994

 

A quite nice day. It was some cloudy in a.m. It was sunny in p.m. I done my regular work. Carmen didn’t come to work today. She was sick. Also Bro home from school, she was sick. Arnold took care of them while Carmen slept. Betty brought up some new albums. I looked them over. Very good. She came and got supper tonight. Very good. It was supposed to get awful cold tonight. Zak called, he got his job at the airport. His problem is getting back and forth in this awful cold. A bad fire at McDaniels tonight. His barn burned and two of his horses. John Durfee owned them. Tom discovered what the cause was.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 27, 1994

 

Still awful cold. Carmen came this morning. Done her work. She is a lot better, not perfect yet. Brogan still home from school. She may not go tomorrow because of storm. Well today Kim came and got the supper. It was a good one. Chicken, stovetop stuffing and homemade bread etc. etc. She also made a apple pudding, very good. Bro down to Betty’s tonight. Cameron said his first words today. HI DADDY! It pleased Carmen and Arnold.

 


 

 

Friday, January 28, 1994 Tom plowed

 

Well what a day, snow, rain and icy. Everything was ice. Power was off in some places. I did wash. Carmen came and got her work done, cleaning etc. It looked nice after she got done. Bro was here with her mom this morning. Dorothea came and got the supper. A good one. Tom plowed snow, Arnold shoveled.

 

 

 

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