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, November 6, 2014

May 11 - 17, 1946



Saturday, May 11, 1946

Went to Harrison and got grain and groceries.



Sunday, May 12, 1946

I picked some greens. Bill and Billie went fishing. Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis, and Arnold Mitchell called. Bob’s truck went to pieces. He has our car.



Monday, May 13, 1946

We did big wash. A very nice day. Dorothea sick at school.



Tuesday, May 14, 1946

I ironed. Cleaned kitchen ceiling and Fern, Aunt Ava, and I cleaned Ferns pantry. Nice day. Dorothea home sick from school.



Wednesday, May 15, 1946

Rained, Bill painted kitchen ceiling. I went down to Ferns, we cleaned back kitchen. Mr. Murray came got rest of our chicks. We are now all square with him.



Thursday, May 16, 1946

Cleaned at Mrs. Cole’s today. $5.00. Fair day.



Friday, May 17, 1946

Rained. We painted the kitchen.
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