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!

Thursday, June 22, 2017

December 5 - 8, 1963



Thursday, December 5, 1963

A nice typical winter day. I cooked some, backed Mama’s Christmas cards. To work. Betty back to town.



Friday, December 6, 1963

I did kitchen work. Washed floor. Wrote letter. Back to work.



Saturday, December 7, 1963

I baked beans, made pies and brownies. I went to work at one. Paid a few bills. Letter from Dorothea.



Sunday, December 8, 1963

Clouded up in p.m. I didn’t get up very early. Done up the work. Got dinner. To work at three. Dot and Kennie here. Bob and Blanche here. Bob got his Christmas tree.


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