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, August 27, 2025

May 14 - 17, 1994

 

Saturday, May 14, 1994

 

It is cold and windy. Same as yesterday. Carmen came, did the work. Nurse came early. David came for coffee. She made a angel cake delight this morning. I wrote to let Esther. Also fixed my nightgown. Well today a lot of excitement. Carmen moved her cows up. Betty, Arnold, Tom and Carmen led the large heifers up, the black one Walt brought up, the black one with a pail of grain. They had quite a time with the big one. We all enjoyed the sight. Also in PM there was a graduation party at Jay and Debbie’s. Later in PM a bad car accident in front of Betty Smith’s house. So all in all it was a big day. Also Tom and Brogan had a good time flying the new kites.

 




 

 

Sunday, May 15, 1994

 

Dorothea here this morning. She did all the work. She fixed Brogan’s hair which was a good thing. She looked so much better. I didn’t do much. I looked at the papers . Walt up for coffee. Didn’t see much of Carmen’s family. Brogan called a minute tonight. Betty in a minute today.

 

 

 

Monday, May 16, 1994

 

Once a miserable day it has been. Rain and clouds. Today Carmen and Kim came. They cleaned the two bedrooms and bathrooms. They look nice. The rain makes it so miserable. Billie is quite lame. He can’t get around very well. Carmen went to the doctor about her throat. She has got to go to the doctor in Portland for her throat. A operation to prevent her from snoring. My legs are better today. Betty had a very good pot roast hash. Tonight Betty and Carmen took Billie down to the hospital, he was in such pain with his leg. They treated him and he came home. Dorothea was there too.

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 17, 1994

 

It started out cloudy and showery. As the day went on it began to clear away. Later in the p.m. it was real nice. The sun came out. Well Carmen came early this morning, done her work. David came and had coffee. Billie didn’t get up very early. About 10 AM Carmen and Kim began cleaning the living room and at about 2:30 to 3 they got it all done. Curtains and drapes all up. It looked very nice. Betty’s new hired boy came today, she liked him very much. I hope he will do very well. Well Zak came up today the first time in three weeks. He is doing very well with the photography he is doing for channel 51 taking pictures. He is getting good pay and paid Walt $400 on his bill. He was here for supper. He still works at the airport.

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