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!

Monday, September 19, 2016

December 21 - 23, 1960



Wednesday, December 21, 1960

A nice day. I done a little cooking. Kennard called. He and Delores are leaving tomorrow to go to Massachusetts for the holiday.



Thursday, December 22, 1960

A very nice day, on the cold windy side. I washed, churned and washed the kitchen curtains. I ironed also. Raymond’s cows went today. One of the heifers came over here. Had a Christmas party where Billie worked. Kennard and Delores went up to Brud’s today.



Friday, December 23, 1960

A very nice day. Very cold. It was 10 below this morning. I cleaned up the whole house today. Made two kinds of fudge. Betty home tonight from school for the Christmas vacation. They had Christmas parties etc. at school. Bill, Betty and I down to town tonight Christmas shopping. Got cards from Mike today. Storm windows came today. Betty has been home all the time these holidays which I’m real glad. Sears package came.

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