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, November 7, 2014

May 18 - 24, 1946 Aunt Nel died - Wonderful Day!



Saturday, May 18, 1946

Rained. Bill didn’t work. He was lame. He and Jack went to Portland and got the shade curtains. Started to paper kitchen. Bill L came with oil.



Sunday, May 19, 1946

Finished papering kitchen. Bob still has our car.



Monday, May 20, 1946

We washed. Good day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis came up from Ferns.



Tuesday, May 21, 1946

Went to town shopping, Aunt Ava and I. Painted sitting room.



Wednesday, May 22, 1946

Painted the hallway. Papered the sitting room ceiling. Dolores called in eve. Aunt Nel died this morning. Wonderful day.



Thursday, May 23, 1946

We began papering sitting room. Mama, Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis went to Lovell in p.m. Joy’s recital in eve. Also Dorothea’s and Sarah’s. Bill harrowed in eve. Wonderful day.



Friday, May 24, 1946

Finished papering sitting room. Nice day. Helen called. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis did the papering. Mama down to Aunties.



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