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, September 27, 2017

December 20 -23, 1964



Sunday, December 20, 1964

Busy all day. Kennie, Dot, Fern, Lloyd and Bob here. Bob brought a turkey over.



Monday, December 21, 1964

Washed all day. What a big one. Couldn’t hang them all out. Jean up after supper. Saw slides. Billie brought home a big turkey.



Tuesday, December 22, 1964

Done cleaning up. Did a dite of cooking. Betty made cookies. A snowy day, no accumulations. Gerard Palmer cleaned out the furnace. Got frozen clothes in.



Wednesday, December 23, 1964

Cloudy and rainy. Today made fudge. Did some cooking. Betty done all the ironing. Deming’s left for Maine. Mike got through tonight till Saturday morning. Billie done some more shopping, brought home another turkey. Got a $50 bonus from the company. Cards from Adairs. D&D going to Florida. Gordon, Sally, Vicki up and saw slides.

Billie Deming - 7 years old

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