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!

Sunday, August 3, 2025

February 14 - 16, 1994 Party for Betty

 


Monday, February 14, 1994 Valentine’s Day

 

Well I got candy candy candy from the whole family. Cards which were very nice and also the usual pretty roses. We washed. Carmen came and did her work. Zac up for the weekend. I didn’t do much. We watched TV soaps, they were very good. Dorothea came and got the supper tonight. Walt taking Betty out for supper tonight also gave her a dozen red roses. Cameron up today for a little while.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 15, 1994

 

A cloudy snowy dreary day. I read up on some magazines. Mrs. Graham, the nurse, here to see Billie. Betty called, Carmen came, did her work. David here for coffee. Betty and Kim gone to shopping for antiques. Betty got the supper, spare rib pork. Very good supper.

 

 

Wednesday, February 16, 1994

It cleared off this morning and was sunny. Well today we had a boiled dinner, tonight birthday cake and ice cream for Betty’s birthday, 51 years. It don’t seem possible. Betty, Walt, Betty Smith, Carmen, Kim, Brogan and Cameron were here. She got a large supply of Roy Rogers mementos  from the family. Money, a gift from Betty Smith. Walter took her out for supper. Also from her grandchildren.

 



 

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