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 2, 2025

October 22 - 25, 1993 New Truck

 

Friday, October 22, 1993

 

A mixed day. Zac came up for breakfast. Carmen came early, done Billie, gave him his bath etc. Two therapists came. Carmen got all her work done. Her chores. Then we got ready and went to Norway. Done some shopping. I couldn’t get my drapes. I got a few things for Brogan, a pair of slippers for Cameron. A few other things.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 23, 1993 NEW RED TRUCK

 

A quite nice day. A long day, no programs. David here this morning for coffee. Also Carmen came and did the work. I didn’t do much today. I read the papers. I wrote to Esther. I did the washing. Carmen helped to take care of them. Well Betty and Walt went to Berlin New Hampshire and bought a brand-new truck, a red. Very pretty. Carmen came and got the supper. Betty had to go with Walt. Carmen and Arnold out to a movie.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 24, 1993

 

It has been a nice clear sunny day, but a darn long one. In p.m. Susan called and Betty too. Then Dorothea came and got the supper. Betty Smith called last night. I didn’t do much work except I did some washing which Carmen helped. I read the papers and magazines today. Well today Betty and Walt took their kids and their spouses way down onto the lower lot, a place where we used to go so much when I was a kid, also it was where Betty and friends used to go a lot. I love it down there.

 

 

 

Monday, October 25, 1993

 

Carmen came, done Billie’s work than she helped to do the housecleaning. Carmen came and did her work, then she started cleaning the living room. Got it most done then she had to go and get some pipes for Walt. So Betty came. She put the baby to bed then she finished the sitting room. Got the supper. She and Billie picked the meat over and in the evening she took it to Norway to the people who bought it. Tom to court in Portland today. Don’t like the guy he was in this case for.

 

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