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!

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

November 2 - 5, 1963



Saturday, November 2, 1963 $49.00

Pigs went. Cold. Lloyd cut up a quarter of beef. Billie worked for Lawrence. To work at 3. $49



Sunday, November 3, 1963

Cloudy. I done up the work. They cut up the two pigs and wrapped it. Bill washed dishes. He and Blanche looked after Carmen. Betty sick in bed, had Dr. Richards. 



Monday, November 4, 1963

I didn’t wash. Betty had to get up, we went to town, paid Howard $50. Sent World Agency insurance.



Tuesday, November 5, 1963

On the cloudy side. I washed and washed and washed. Went to work.



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