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!

Saturday, March 21, 2015

December 11 -17, 1948



Saturday, December 11, 1948

Bill worked. We went to town in eve.



Sunday, December 12, 1948

Bill and Val sawed wood. Worked all day as usual. Smart kids, my two, and I got the Christmas tree. Snowed a little at night.



Monday, December 13, 1948

Nice day. Bill home, he and I went to town. We went up to Randall’s in eve. Dried the clothes like in summer.



Tuesday, December 14, 1948

Nice day. Windy. I cleaned up the house. Ironed.



Wednesday, December 15, 1948

Cleaned up the house.



Thursday, December 16, 1948

Washed.



Friday, December 17, 1948

Did regular work. Dorothea had a Christmas party at the Scouts. We cooked.



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