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, August 2, 2015

January 6 - 10, 1956



Friday, January 6, 1956

I washed floors, waxed living room and dining room. Nice day. Billie and Dennis hauled load of junk into Portland.



Saturday, January 7, 1956

Very nice day. Bill not feeling very well. Waxed kitchen floor. Went to town, paid bills. Cooked in p.m. Dorothea to Westbrook with Barb and Judy. Billie worked. Jill here all day.



Sunday, January 8, 1956

Very heavy rain. Bill had to work. Billie worked up to Chet’s. Betty puttered upstairs. Dorothea, Mama watched TV.



Monday, January 9, 1956

Another bad rainy day. Snow most all gone. I washed. Mama made soup. Bill took D. up to corner to ride with McAllister to shoe shop. Ray. called.



Tuesday, January 10, 1956

Snow all gone this morning. Still raining hard. Bill took Dorothea up. I got clothes in and ironed.

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