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 1, 2015

January 10 -16, 1948



Saturday, January 10, 1948

Nice day. Made raised bread and rolls. Made some cookies. Kennie and Arnold Lane called for a paper to sign about Papa’s place.



Sunday, January 11, 1948

The hens laid 4 eggs today. Billie worked at Maple Lane. Kennie and Dot here for dinner.



Monday, January 12, 1948

We washed. Cloudy. Bill went to work with Hayd. Got 3 eggs. Blanche and kids called in late p.m. Awful cold in a.m., warmed up in p.m.



Tuesday, January 13, 1948

Still cloudy but quite warm. I went to town with Aunt Linnie. She went to beauty parlor, also Auntie and Fern came in.



Wednesday, January 14, 1948

Blanche and Rev. Monroe took Ronald to Goodwill Farm at Hinckley today. I cooked and ironed. Joy here tonight.



Thursday, January 15, 1948

At last, Mr. and Mrs. Crook are on their way to Bridgton. Left yesterday. We washed. Very cold.



Friday, January 16, 1948

It stormed. Bill worked. I ironed.
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