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, October 22, 2015

December 28 - 31, 1956



Friday, December 28, 1956

A fair day day. Blanche and Joy took Mama, Betty and I to Portland, to get their eyes tested. Kay Fleck went too. Bill and Billie looked after Donnie.



Saturday, December 29, 1956

A cloudy stormy day. Billie and I went to town in AM shopping. Kennard went down with us. In PM I cooked, washed floors, cleaned up the kitchen and ironed.



Sunday, December 30, 1956

A big storm. Betty to church and Sunday school. Did up the work. In PM Billie and I over to Raymond’s. Very cold.  Bill was 48 years old today.



Monday, December 31, 1956

A fair day, I washed. Cleaned up dining room In PM I packed Dorothea’s box. Holly down in evening. She and Betty played Monopoly. Very cold. Bill to work at 4:30. End of 1956. Good Bye.


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