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, December 29, 2016

January 4 - 7, 1962



Thursday, January 4, 1962

I made two pies, washed all the floors. In evening Billie and I over to Aunt Ava’s in the evening to call. She gave me some calendars. Bill and Betty watched TV. Mama still not very good. She went to bed early. Betty still very happy. What a relief. I don’t know what was wrong with Mike.



Friday, January 5, 1962

I done up regular work. I was busy all day. I didn’t go to town tonight. Betty home all evening.



Saturday, January 6, 1962

Betty and I worked on snap shot albums. I made a cake and some corn balls. Betty home all evening. A bad day, snow, sleet and rain. Billie took me to town. I paid Stella Cole for paper. Bill had to work in evening.



Sunday, January 7, 1962 stormy

Betty looked at her encyclopedias Mike sent to her. Billie shoveled snow. Norman Smith called. Kennie and Dot called. Billie went to garage with car. Bill called to work at 3 AM. It cleared off in late p.m. Bill worked till 2 PM.


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