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!

Friday, June 23, 2017

December 9 - 12,1963



Monday, December 9, 1963

Well, what a miserable day. It started out okay. Rained most of forenoon. Carmen and I down to Fern’s for dinner. Paid $40 on taxes.



Tuesday, December 10, 1963

Well I washed. Clothes dried pretty good. Wood came, half cord.



Wednesday, December 11, 1963

Got the clothes in. It is sunny today. Betty ironed tonight part of the things. Betty and Louise Richardson got Christmas trees.



Thursday, December 12, 1963

Snow. Went to town, done Mama’s shopping. It began snowing about 10 o’clock. Took Carmen over to Blanche’s. Three big boxes of Christmas gifts came from the Adair’s. Billie didn’t feel very good.



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