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!

Sunday, November 15, 2015

April 7 - 11, 1957



Sunday, April 7, 1957

A fair day but cold and awful windy. Kitchen floor looks nice. I cleaned Mama’s bedroom. In p.m. moved things back into the kitchen. Washed the kitchen curtains. Wrote to Es and Dorothea. Betty to church. Betty got two more parakeets today, bought them off Chris Haggett.



Monday, April 8, 1957

Billie begun working earlier. Bill started in working for Jim Chadbourne. Fair in a.m. but clouded up in p.m. Bill and Bishop here at noon. I did a very big wash today, cooked, finish cleaning kitchen. Ironed kitchen curtains. Kitchen all done, it looks very nice.



Tuesday, April 9, 1957

It was snowing hard this morning. Bill nor Billie didn’t work. I did a big ironing. Cooked. Billie filled out a questionnaire for Army. Also had his income tax fixed up. Bill watch TV. I didn’t do any cleaning today.



Wednesday, April 10, 1957

A nice clear day but awful cold and windy. Snow all melted. I cleaned Betty’s bedroom, bathroom and hallway upstairs. Also cleaned out the chest. Joy came over and spent the afternoon. Aloha Bradley here for supper tonight. Betty and she went to choir rehearsal.



Thursday, April 11, 1957

I finish cleaning upstairs and done Billie’s room. A good day except awful cold. Aunt Ava called in p.m.

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