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!

Thursday, August 20, 2015

March 26 - 30, 1956



Monday, March 26, 1956

A very nice day. I didn’t wash. Bill and I went to Portland and we bought a bathroom ensemble at Sears, Roebuck and Co in p.m. Raymond called. Jim Chadbourne. Evelyn Ridlon.



Tuesday, March 27, 1956

Another nice day, I washed. Bill cut the register through in the kitchen for the furnace. Raymond called. Got snapshots from Dorothea.



Wednesday, March 28, 1956

Another very nice day. I churned, ironed and cooked. Raymond called in p.m. Bill got the rest of the pipe in for the furnace. Billie got his income tax fixed up, got to pay $15.40. Got money and letter from Dorothea.



Thursday, March 29, 1956

I cleaned up the house this p.m. Cooked some this morning. Got some pictures from Dorothea today.



Friday, March 30, 1956

My check came today. It was cloudy all day. I cooked, snow on the ground. Milan’s folks came about 1 o’clock in p.m. I cleaned up the house.
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