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!

Saturday, April 15, 2017

March 5 - 8, 1963

Betty 1 month after Carmen was born




Tuesday, March 5, 1963

Carmen Christie one month old today. She has grown a lot. Betty cooked, we done up the rest of the work. Ironed. A very nice warm day, snow settled some.



Wednesday, March 6, 1963

Cloudy and stormy all day. Snow mixed with rain. I done up the housework, wash the windows upstairs. Blanche called. Carmen started on her cereal today. Bill home early for supper and back to work after supper. A nice long letter from Dorothea today.



Thursday, March 7, 1963

Windy, very windy all day. I didn’t do much except just the regular housework. Carmen been pretty good all day. No one called during the day. Dennis Chadbourne called in evening. Bill got home from work at five this morning, back to work at seven. He worked till late tonight.



Friday, March 8, 1963

A nice day. We cleaned up the house. In p.m. Betty and I to town, done our shopping, paid bills etc. Betty got her new glasses. They look very nice. I hope she will feel better now. Billie’s check came from his income tax. He has got his bills about all paid.

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