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, March 31, 2015

January 31 - February 7, 1954



Sunday, January 31, 1954

Bill worked half-day plowing snow.



Monday, February 1, 1954

Washed. Very mild.



Tuesday, February 2, 1954

Ironed, churned.



Wednesday, February 3, 1954

Cooked.



Thursday, February 4, 1954

(Blank)



Friday, February 5, 1954

Bill got his first paycheck $54.88



Saturday, February 6, 1954

Bill and I went to town in p.m.



Sunday, February 7, 1954

Fern, Lloyd, Betty and I went over to Pleasant Mountain ski tow to watch the skiers. Fern and Lloyd visited a little while in p.m. Billie up to Chet’s.
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