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 20, 2017

November 23 - 26, 1962



Friday, November 23, 1962

A fair day, not too cold. I done a small wash. Washed kitchen windows and floors. Fern, Lloyd called in p.m. Faye and Rick Linscott called. I went to town in evening, got groceries. Then up to Hansen’s to babysit till 12 midnight. Betty down town in p.m. Had a good time seeing old friends. Billie didn’t have to work today. $2.50



Saturday, November 24, 1962

Snow today. A miserable day. A sickening day. Linda Berry called in her own car. Also her sister Sally was with her. I done up all the housework. Betty sick. Billie didn’t have to work today.



Sunday, November 25, 1962

A nice day. Kind of on the boring side. Betty and I had the car, we went out. Down to Bessie’s, over to Harrison. In evening Betty went for a ride with Linda Berry.



Monday, November 26, 1962

A very nice day. I washed. In p.m. Betty and I called at Amy and Pat Linscott’s. Fern and Lloyd called. Aunt Ava called.

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