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 28, 2014

January 6 - 12, 1945



Saturday, January 6, 1945

Bob came up and cut our hog up. Very cold. Rayburn up over weekend. Bill and the kids took the hams and bacon over to Lewis.



Sunday, January 7, 1945

Fern and Lloyd up. Kinnie’s folks came after Rayburn. We borrowed Minnie’s freezer and made ice cream. Mama went back to Ferns. Snowed.



Monday, January 8, 1945

I washed. Bill, baby, and I here alone today. Bill helped me do the work.



Tuesday, January 9, 1945

Did regular work. Warmer today. Bill still home.



Wednesday, January 10, 1945
(left blank)


Thursday, January 11, 1945

Cold. I went up to Minnie’s tonight. Did regular work.



Friday, January 12, 1945

Bill churned for me today. I washed.


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