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!

Saturday, October 28, 2017

April 19 - 22, 1965



Monday, April 19, 1965

A fair day. I washed, clothes dried good. Betty and Mike quite tired this morning after their first day working. Betty’s feet tired. Aunt Ava called. Betty and Mike to town. Mike smelting with Kennard tonight.



Tuesday, April 20, 1965

Tonight am writing with my new pen which came with a nice name playpen set Betty gave me. She got one for Mike also. Today it has been cloudy all day, cleared in late p.m. I made a chocolate cake, ironed, a few other chores, cleaned china cabinet. Betty came home from work very tired and a bad headache this morning. Mike tired and they slept all day. Bob, Kennie and Dot called.



Wednesday, April 21, 1965

I began to work in the kitchen, the cupboards. Betty and Mike felt a lot better this morning when she got home. Kennie and Dot called, he got through work. Billie worked outside today.



Thursday, April 22, 1965

I worked in the kitchen. A beautiful day. Fern, Lloyd called. Betty and Mike are happy about their new jobs.
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