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, September 24, 2015

August 26 - 30, 1956



Sunday, August 26, 1956

A very nice morning. Billie had to work haying. Betty and Kay to church. Delores called early this a.m. It cloudd up this forenoon. Kids down to Jill’s in p.m., birthday party for Jill.



Monday, August 27, 1956

A very nice day. I did a big wash. Donnie is better.



Tuesday, August 28, 1956

Another nice day. I ironed and done some cooking. Billie home early.



Wednesday, August 29, 1956

Cloudy. Billie home, he and Betty put up the fence. Got cows into field. I cleaned up the whole house. Cooked, had chicken for supper and rolls.



Thursday, August 30, 1956

Clouded up. Rain in p.m. Bill came home. I cooked, cleaned up the house. Edith called tonight. She had just talked with Judy. She is going to Nebraska for her new base, Dorothea is going to March A. F. B. California.

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