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 17, 2015

November 15 - 19, 1954



Monday, November 15, 1954

Washed. Very good day. Kennard down for supper.



Tuesday, November 16, 1954

Very nice day, cold. Churned and ironed. Billie got through up to Chet’s. Billie bought a brindle cow of Elmer Fogg. She came tonight. The two Guernsey heifers went tonight.



Wednesday, November 17, 1954

Very nice day. I washed all the floors. Went over to Aunt Ava’s in evening and got eggs. Billie worked down to Lawrence Boynton’s butchering.



Thursday, November 18, 1954

It rained today. I washed dining room, living and kitchen curtains. Also did other wash. Billie worked today.



Friday, November 19, 1954



Ironed curtains. Cleaned up the house. Cooked etc. Expect Milan’s folks tonight. Bill and I downtown in evening. Called at Fern and Lloyds. Billie still worked.
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