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, August 5, 2015

January 21 - 25, 1956 Mama bought Nanny a Brand New Air Way Vacuum!!



Saturday, January 21, 1956

Pete Lowell down. D and I to town and over Os Abbott’s in p.m. A very nice day. Billie began to cut timber with Ray.



Sunday, January 22, 1956

A very nice warm day. Dorothea, Bill and Betty cleaned up the car.



Monday, January 23, 1956

I washed. It snowed today. Billie only worked a couple hours. He and Dennis went to Portland with a load of junk. Bill work tonight till 10.



Tuesday, January 24, 1956

Very nice day. I ironed in p.m. Mama came home. She has bought me a brand-new air-way vacuum cleaner. I like it very much.



Wednesday, January 25, 1956

Very nice day. I cooked. Dolores called in p.m.


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