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, August 26, 2025

May 10 - 13, 1994

 

Tuesday, May 10, 1994

 

Another nice sunny day. Real warm. Sat on the porch in the new chairs. Betty, Kim, Carmen, Cameron and me went up to Waterford to see a house. Well we saw a snake out here in the garage. He was a monster I’d say. They let it live and got him down on the other side of the road where he went into the woods. Well tonight I had a dite of a dizzy spell, went down to the hospital for a checkup. I’m okay now. Carmen and Betty got me ready for bed.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 11, 1994

 

A very nice mild day. I was on porch in forenoon. I didn’t do anything as usual. Watched soaps in PM. Dorothea took Betty Smith to the eye Dr. and the regular doctor to have herself checked. Dorothea called this p.m. They came and checked David sheep and gave the lambs a shot. I had a good day. Betty Crook got her cleaning done out to her living room. On scanner tonight a murder was reported. It was a girl that was in Carmen’s class and they was friends in childhood.

 

 

 

Thursday, May 12, 1994

 

Carmen came early. Then she went and got Cameron. Nurse also came later, a male nurse came to check Billie. A partly cloudy day, cold, some rain showers. Dorothea came and got the supper. A good one.

 

 

 

Friday, May 13, 1994

 

A cloudy windy day. On the cold side. Nurse Holden here also Carmen came and did all her work. Kim came, she picked some dandelions. A cold cloudy windy day. Carmen went to town and did the shopping. Kim got us a very nice lot of dandelion greens for supper. They were so good. Dorothea came and got the supper. Very good. Kim was here with us, and she liked the greens very much. Dorothea took Betty and I to Dr Petrone today. I got to take two more pills for a couple of days. Betty S got more medicine.

 

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