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, September 29, 2017

Decemer 26 - 29, 1964




 Saturday, December 26, 1964

No one had to work today, took out our tree. Cloudy, foggy and dismal day. Esther, Cliff and Billie here. Esther helped to take our trees out. Bill, Billie and I down to Fern and Lloyd’s for a good baked beans supper. ????



Sunday, December 27, 1964

Didn’t do much. A sickening day. Foggy and dreary.



Monday, December 28, 1964

Cloudy and snowy. Bill called out again. I did another big wash. Cliff called, Billie up here.



Tuesday, December 29, 1964

A very nice day, got our clothes in. Cleaned up the house. Carmen don’t feel too good. Verna and children called.
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