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, June 26, 2017

December 21 - 24, 1963



Saturday, December 21, 1963

10 below. Cold again this morning. I was busy doing up the work. Had to go to town again grocery shopping. I got Billie’s insurance and car payments off. Alice, Doreen and Timmy called. Fern up for supper.



Sunday, December 22, 1963

A fair day, on the cool side. Fern and Lloyd called, Bob and Blanche. I done up the work. Betty up and to town early to get the paper.



Monday, December 23, 1963

Betty and I to Portland today to do our Christmas shopping. What a day. Blanche here with Mama and Carmen. We shopped for Mama and Billie. It snowed in the night. I went to work at 3:30.



Tuesday, December 24, 1963

Today it clouded up and snowed. I cooked, got some things done for Christmas. Betty wrapped packages all day. I got my permanent over to June’s. Lloyd had to tote me around.



Christmas Eve after Santa arrived!




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