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, March 26, 2017

December 17 - 20, 1962



Monday, December 17, 1962

Cloudy. We washed. Done up the housework. Blanche called. Aunt Ava, Fern and Lloyd. Also Norm Smith called. Jeff went over to Blanche’s with her for a little while. Betty made cookies after supper.



Tuesday, December 18, 1962

Cloudy. We didn’t do much except to (blank).



Outdoor Survival Kits & Camping Food

Wednesday, December 19, 1962

A nice day. We are enjoying Jeff. We got the ironing done today. Cleaned up the house. Done a dite of cooking. Made plans to go to New Hampshire. Blanche called.



Thursday, December 20, 1962

A very cold and windy day. A nice sunny day. Dorothea, Barbara and I went to Dover New Hampshire to do Dorothea’s shopping. We had a good trip and a nice time. Dorothea spent a lot of money. She was so pleased it is all done. Betty got letter from Mike. Dorothea got letter from Dennis. Jeff stayed home with Betty. Had a good time. Mama over to Aunt Ava’s.
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