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, February 15, 2015

April 17 - 23, 1948



Saturday, April 17, 1948

It was cold and windy. We cooked in p.m.



Sunday, April 18, 1948

Clear but cold and windy. Bill’s father and mother up all day. Bill plowed a little. We bought our cow from Uncle Sulmore. $125.



Monday, April 19, 1948

I washed. Cold and windy. I called at Minnie’s in p.m. Billie begun work at Randall. We went down to town. Bros. to buy some calves.



Tuesday, April 20, 1948

Cloudy, showers. I ironed. Cooked. Delores called in eve. Bill up to Bob’s and Kennard’s.



Wednesday, April 21, 1948

Cloudy and showers. Bill worked today.



Thursday, April 22, 1948

Dorothea down to Ferns. Mama and Betty over to Bob’s. I was alone all day. Bill’s father and mother up in eve.



Friday, April 23, 1948

Cold today.
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