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, December 5, 2014

November 30 - December 6, 1946 Firing Up The New Furnace!



Saturday, November 30, 1946

Very cold. Bob and Billie hauled some shavings for pigs and barn. Billie worked up to Chet’s. Bill and I went to town and got pipes for furnace.



Sunday, December 1, 1946

Finish setting up the new furnace and started a fire. Fern and Lloyd came up in eve. Nice hot water.



Monday, December 2, 1946

Light snow last night. Cold and squalls forenoon. We washed and a terribly cold day. An awful windy day.



Tuesday, December 3, 1946

Still cold this morning, but no wind. Warmed up a little. I ironed.



Wednesday, December 4, 1946

Cleaned up the house. Much warmer. We cooked a little.



Thursday, December 5, 1946

Cloudy and cold. Bill bought oil. Mama down to Dot and Forrest’s. Fern and Lloyd called in eve. We had a yellow cat come to us.



Friday, December 6, 1946


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