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!

Sunday, June 18, 2017

November 18 - 21, 1963



Monday, November 18, 1963

Sun shining when daylight came, it looks good, very warm and mild. I washed. A big wash. Clouded up. Betty and I cleaned up the car. I went to work at three. It began to rain in evening. Betty down to church to babysit. Billie is better.



Tuesday, November 19, 1963

Raining and cloudy. I cooked. Done up some of the housework. Got some ham today. I worked tonight.



Wednesday, November 20, 1963

A beautiful day. I done up my work, done some figuring. Barbara called with her puppy. A bad night for Grace mentally. Hams came back today. I was told this morning by Bill we would go to Michigan in the spring if we got all our bills paid. How good that sounded. I’ll work my fingers to the bone to go.



Thursday, November 21, 1963

Rain, again it is raining. Family got word Billie is out of oxygen tent, if all is well will go home at end of the week. I cleaned up the whole house.


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