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, May 31, 2015

February 6 - 11, 1955



Sunday, February 6, 1955

Cloudy, light snow. Done up the work. Blanche and Joy called in eve. Betty went to Sunday school today.



Monday, February 7, 1955

Very nice warm day. Washed and ironed. Billie sold his veal calf today. Billie also worked for Lawrence today.



Tuesday, February 8, 1955

Very nice day again. Donnie out on the porch in p.m. I read the book Dale Evans wrote Angel Unaware.



Wednesday, February 9, 1955

Nice day. I cooked some. Cleaned up a little and cleaned the living room furniture and deep freezer with the vacuum cleaner.



Thursday, February 10, 1955

Very nice warm springlike day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis over for the day. Mama’s eyes feel tired.



Friday, February 11, 1955

Billie and I washed windows on outside and the storm windows too. Rained all afternoon. Raymond called. Mama didn’t feel very good. I washed kitchen curtains too. Evelyn called.


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