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!

Monday, September 18, 2017

November 14 - 17, 1964



Saturday, November 14, 1964

A nice day. Done my work, churned, washed kitchen floor. Fern and Lloyd called. Betty and I sick. Betty and I in bed most of the day. Bill and Billie fixed the bulkhead and done some other odd and end chores.



Sunday, November 15, 1964

A very nice day, sunny, not quite so warm. I done up regular work. Didn't get up very early. Betty, Carmen and I rode over the new road. Billie and Keith hauled off the rubbish and hauled some bedding. Bill hauled the wood home. Kennie, Dot, Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Bill sick in the night and most of today.



Monday, November 16, 1964

A cloudy stormy day. Betty and I to town to the laundry. I went to the bank to draw some money. Came home, fixed up the house, got supper. Delores called also Joy and kids. Betty, Carmen and I to Norway. Betty got quite a few clothes for Carmen.




Tuesday, November 17, 1964

Bill got his new car today or tonight when he came home from work. A 1957 two door Ford in A #1 condition, green. A very nice day. I washed, clothes dried good. Betty and I to town in p.m. I did all my ironing after supper. Joanne Ward up here in evening to see Billie. Bobby got a lot done on the barn now. Washed all the floors. Delores gone to Standish. Ken called.


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