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!

Sunday, December 14, 2014

February 1 - 6, 1947



Saturday, February 1, 1947

Nice day. Bill and Bob worked. We did regular work.



Sunday, February 2, 1947

Nice day. Papa here for dinner. Bill worked down to Lloyd’s. Fern and Lloyd called in eve. Kennard hurt his wrist.



Monday, February 3, 1947

Nice day. We washed, got clothes in. Sent order to Sears.



Tuesday, February 4, 1947

Got up early, churned, ironed. Cloudy.



Wednesday, February 5, 1947

Cloudy, rained and snow. Cold in p.m. Very icy roads. Dorothea down to Brownie meeting tonight. Did regular work. Mama sewed.



Thursday, February 6, 1947

Down to Ferns. She made Betty a snowsuit. Bob hurt his foot in the woods. They stopped work.
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