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, July 6, 2017

January 29 - February 1, 1964



Wednesday, January 29, 1964
                                          
Another nice day. I finished my ironing. Randy Harmon called. I cooked a good supper.



Thursday, January 30, 1964

A beautiful day. I finished cleaning up the house. Blanche, Aunt Ava called. To work at 3 PM. Cleaned up Grace’s house. Louise and Roland called. I made a pudding. Carmen has a new tooth. Billie sold hens tonight to Dave Thomas.



Friday, January 31, 1964

A beautiful day. Carmen slept good last night. What a relief. $49.



Saturday, February 1, 1964

Cloudy stormy day. I cooked. Bill and I over to Auburn, Gray and around. Mama not very good. Fern up here for supper and evening. Betty to town again.

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