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, May 22, 2015

December 17 - 22, 1954 Blizzard



Friday, December 17, 1954

Washed floors and did up housework. Nice day. Went downtown and sent a table and chair set to Nola Raye for Christmas.



Saturday, December 18, 1954

Went to town. It rained so hard. Done a little Christmas shopping.



Sunday, December 19, 1954

Bill put up another TV aerial today. Ilan and Bobby helped. Betty to S. S. today.



Monday, December 20, 1954

Washed. Esther’s box came today. School vacation began today.



Tuesday, December 21, 1954

A cloudy day with a blizzard that left a lot of snow. Billie got home very late. Bill had to work plowing.



Wednesday, December 22, 1954

A lot of snow this morning. Billie didn’t have to work. Shoveled. Went to town. Evelyn called. Bill got home early. Betty got her parakeet. Bill got home at 3 AM this morning.
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