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!

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

December 23 - 29, 1944 Christmas Day





Saturday, December 23, 1944

Bill and I went to town in a.m. Christmas shopping. Brud and I went in p.m. Dorothea came home.



Sunday, December 24, 1944

Bill and Al Harmon cut the pigs. Lloyd finished the back barn door. Bill didn’t have to work.

Bill and Bob butchering the pig



Monday, December 25, 1944

We had a good time. Mama was down to Ferns. Had a nice Christmas. Missed our boys. Charlie, Jean, and Gordon here for dinner first time Charlie ever here.



Tuesday, December 26, 1944

I did a big wash. Bill back to work. Very cold day and nite.



Wednesday, December 27, 1944

Dorothea went back down to Ferns. Still cold. I did regular work. I began my puzzles tonight.



Thursday, December 28, 1944

Bad storm and wind blow big drifts. Bill stayed at home and plowed snow.



Friday, December 29, 1944

Bill lame this morning. Still cold. Dorothea came home from Ferns.

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