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, March 27, 2017

December 21 - 24, 1962 Christmas Eve



Friday, December 21, 1962

18 below. A very nice day. No snow as yet. We cleaned up the house today. Dorothea had a box come from Adair’s. A very cold night. Billie home late.



Saturday, December 22, 1962

Snow. Big storm. Our first (?) stay on storm or snow. Bill called to work at 5 AM. He worked all day until 2 AM Sunday. Billie worked at Lawrence’s. Dorothea at Barb’s in evening to a party. Betty had a letter from Mike. He is downright homesick. Betty and I made corn balls in evening.



Sunday, December 23, 1962

A nice day. We got up about eight. Got our work done up. Betty, Dorothy and I down to Ferns, downtown, over to Aunt Ava’s. Came home, made waffles. Kennard and Delores called. Kennie, Dot and Bob called.


Monday, December 24, 1962

A very nice day. Clear. I washed, cleaned up the whole house. Fern, Lloyd called. Billie, Dorothea and Jeffrey went shopping. Blanche and Aunt Ava called. Betty didn’t feel too good today. Betty, Billie and I went to town. Billie, Dorothea and Jeffrey done Billie’s shopping.








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