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!

Friday, August 22, 2014

November 25 - December 1, 1944



Saturday, November 25, 1944

Did regular work. Bill, Dorothea and I went to town. Dorothea to dentist (Dr. March). Up to Minnie’s in eve.



Sunday, November 26, 1944

Lloyd and Fern up all day. Lloyd laid the new floor in the kitchen and covered it with the new inlaid rug. Did a very good job too.



Monday, November 27, 1944

Bill and I went to town and applied for kerosene for oil stove and lites. Got 350 gallons. Washed in p.m.



Tuesday, November 28, 1944

Washed in a.m. We popped corn and made corn balls and fudge and sent to Milan. Minnie down in eve.



Wednesday, November 29, 1944

Bill and Billie went hunting. Mailed Milan’s package. Very cold. Stanley Staley came home in the nite.



Thursday, November 30, 1944

A very bad day rained awful hard and very cold.



Friday, December 1, 1944

I washed. Cleaned up the kitchen.


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