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 16, 2017

November 10 - 13, 1963



Sunday, November 10, 1963

Rain. We have over 2 feet of water. Still the rain comes down. We washed the storm windows and got them on. I cooked. Began boiling the milk, cow is most dry.



Monday, November 11, 1963

RAIN RAIN. All day it has rained. I washed, cleaned up all the upstairs, bathrooms and all. Bill helped with the work. I went to work at 3 PM. Churned today. Carmen got another tooth today which makes her six. Carmen gave them a hard time. Used water from the well to wash with today.



Tuesday, November 12, 1963

Well it has been partly fair. Some sunshine. I cleaned up all the house. To work at three. Nice letter from Dorothea.



Wednesday, November 13, 1963

Some sunshine today and some rain showers. I took up the dahlias, churned. Made two pies. Cleaned up the house and to work in 2 PM.

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