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 22, 2017

November 30 - December 3, 1964



Monday, November 30, 1964

Very cold wind began to blow. I washed my clothes. Got it done early and my work. Nothing interrupted me. I had supper ready on time. Called at Aunt Ava's and Uncle Lewis's in evening.



Tuesday, December 1, 1964

Very cold and windy. I got the clothes in and ironed in evening. Betty made a cake for Dolores's and Aunt Ava. House was cold today and tonight because of the awful winds.



Wednesday, December 2, 1964

I worked on Dorothea’s Christmas box today. Betty and I got a table at Ferns to use in the kitchen. Also got the youth bed at Delores’s and set it up in our room for Carmen.



Thursday, December 3, 1964 BARN

Finished the barn tonight. Wilbur and Bobby got the rest of it down today and tonight. Billie and Bobby burned the mess. Mike home today, he and Betty burned brush over in the pasture. I finished Dorothea’s box. Bill and I down to Jean’s after supper. First snow storm of the season.


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