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!

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

December 3 - 9, 1954



Friday, December 3, 1954

Worked on Christmas order after got housework done. Dot Prescott called, Dolores and Evelyn Ridlon also. Mama down to Dot’s for the day. Very cold. Brindle had her calf this morning.



Saturday, December 4, 1954

I washed. Went to town Christmas shopping with Fern and Lloyd in PM. Very cold day.



Sunday, December 5, 1954

Very cold. Bill and Billie worked down in barn cellar. Aloha up here after Sunday school with Betty. They went skating. Mama up to Dolore’s.



Monday, December 6, 1954

Washed. Cloudy and very cold. Began to snow tonight. Dot Prescott called in p.m.



Tuesday, December 7, 1954

Went to town in a.m. Load of shavings came. Light snow fell all day.



Wednesday, December 8, 1954

Got Esther’s packages packed today and wrapped. Went down to Jean’s in evening.



Thursday, December 9, 1954

Got a box off to Ohio today. Backed Christmas cards.

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