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 1, 2025

October 18 - 21, 1993

 

Monday, October 18, 1993

 

Today I did the washing. Carmen came and done her work. We did some cleaning today. She had some customers. Betty busy cleaning today. Dorothea working today.

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 19, 1993

 

A quite nice day. Carmen came, she got my bedroom cleaned. I washed the curtains. Carmen took care of Billie. Carmen came and got the supper. Walt didn’t come. Betty got a lot of her cleaning done today. The therapist didn’t come today. Dorothea had to work.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 20, 1993 MEAT CAME BACK

 

A nice kind of a day. Carmen came and done her work then she got the bathroom cleaned. Cameron came with Carmen today for a little while. She helped to get the freezer ready for the meat. David came and had coffee then he went over and got the meat. Betty had hers. David has his. Jeff up to David’s. He got his boat ready for the winter. David helped him, also get his dogs’ groceries

 

 

 

Thursday, October 21, 1993

 

Well it was cloudy and got some rain today. Carmen came today. She cleaned Billie’s bedroom, did a lot of washing. I got the papers read today. Carmen got the supper. Cameron was quite upsetting tonight. He don’t like to mind. He is a handful at times at this age. I hope you will get better as days go on. I love him so much. Brogan brought up her birthday gifts from her mammy. Very nice and she is so pleased with them.

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