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!

Friday, October 30, 2015

January 29 - 31, 1957



Tuesday, January 29, 1957

I cooked and ironed. It snowed today. Sylvia Andrews and Sharon called in evening. Got stuck in the snow bank. Billie, Ervin and Bobby got them out.



Wednesday, January 30, 1957

A very nice day. The baby announcement cards came today. I went to town in p.m. Billie out looking for work. Chet called in p.m. Betty down to choir rehearsal.



Thursday, January 31, 1957

Got a letter from Esther today. Very good. Told us all about herself. She is feeling okay she says. I went up to Dolores in p.m. and called.

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