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, September 14, 2017

October 29 - November 1, 1964



Thursday, October 29, 1964

Mostly cloudy, on the mild side. I washed and clothes dried good. I cooked, washed up the floors. Betty and Mike up and down town. Billie still mad.



Friday, October 30, 1964

Did regular work. To town in evening, bought some things on sale.



Saturday, October 31, 1964

Cold,
 raw and very windy. I done up my regular work. In p.m. Betty and I to town and she did her grocery shopping. Billie had to work today. In p.m. Bill began to work on the water for the new tie up. Fern up for supper. Oil today $6.21.


Sunday, November 1, 1964

A very nice day. Warm and sunny. The cows moved in this p.m. at 4 PM. Bill and Billie got the new barn finished today with Betty and my help. Got the cows and hens moved in. Dawn called. Fern, Lloyd and Kennie and Dot. Had the cows out today in the pasture.


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