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, December 23, 2016

December 19 - 21, 1961



Tuesday, December 19, 1961

Storming. Very cold. Bill got home about three this morning. Still snowing. I got some clothes in. Betty and I busy preparing for the Christmas coming up at end of week.



Wednesday, December 20, 1961

Cold snow in a.m. Cleared off. Betty and I cleaned the whole house very thoroughly, washed floors and all. In evening Betty, Billie and I to town in evening to do some of Billie’s shopping. It began to snow again in evening. Bill back to work. Betty, David and I up to Auburn tonight to take Mike and Betty’s gifts up to his family.



Thursday, December 21, 1961

Betty Boutilier and I gave this house a good going over. Bill worked all night. Billie, Betty and I to town.


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