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, March 22, 2015

December 18 - 24, 1948 Getting Ready For Christmas



Saturday, December 18, 1948

Didn’t do much except regular work. At town in evening. Nice weather. I got a permanent today.



Sunday, December 19, 1948

Bill and Val worked at odds and end jobs. Kennie called, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis also Fern and Lloyd in eve.



Monday, December 20, 1948

Nice day. We washed. Milan called. Mama down there in afternoon.



Tuesday, December 21, 1948

Pretty good day. It began to snow again tonight. Carlton came. Bill and I downtown called to see him.



Wednesday, December 22, 1948

Churned. Got ready to go to Portland.



Thursday, December 23, 1948

I went to Portland with Kennie and Dot, Rayburn and Freddie Boutilier in our car. Did Christmas shopping. I was sick when I got home.



Friday, December 24, 1948

Cooked, cleaned up the house, got ready for Christmas.

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