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!

Thursday, August 7, 2025

February 28 - March 3, 1994

 

Monday, February 28, 1994 COLD

 

A nice sunny day, very cold because the March wind is still blowing. I wish it would stop and warm-up. Carmen came at work today most of the day. Betty here and got the supper. Zac up this morning for coffee.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 1, 1994

 

Billie to the eye doctor in Portland for laser treatments. He has a very lame leg. Walt took him down. The nurses came to him. Also Carmen came and did her work early. David came for coffee and donuts. Betty came up and got the supper tonight. Had a soup. Carmen tired today and tonight. She worked last night till 7 AM. It is too much for her. I wish she would let up on some of her workload. She has two small children to consider.

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 2, 1994

A quite nice day, real nice and sunny. On the warmer side. Carmen came. Done all the things she has to do. I didn’t do much as usual. TWO SHEEP BORN at DAVID’S today. Also Jeff came to visit Dorothea and David with his new girlfriend and the baby girl. They was glad to see them. Dorothea liked the girl and the baby. I hope all will turn out okay. I’m glad for Jeff. I love him.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 3, 1994

 

A miserable day, it snowed. Carmen came, did her work. She also went to town, did all the shopping and then paid the bills, to the bank and cashed the checks. I put $150 in savings also $409 in checking. Dorothea came and got the supper. A good one. Also they had more sheep or baby lambs.

 

 

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