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, February 16, 2018

July 4 - 7, 1966 Jeff's Birthday



Monday, July 4, 1966

Cooler, had showers this morning. We was up so early this morning, didn’t sleep much after Margaret went and we began to see and decide about packing etc. Called Bill and Es to tell them when we were leaving. Some lady came to see about stereo and TV.



Tuesday, July 5, 1966 Letters from Betty and Esther

Cool in early a.m. and got hot. We done the work up. Dorothea got her hair cut. We went over to Alice’s to call about shipping etc. Came home, letter from Betty and Esther. In p.m. we went and done our shopping. Came home, Bob and Carol called. They have bought this house.



Wednesday, July 6, 1966 JEFF 8 years today

Jeff - Age 8

A nice cool day, a very good breeze. Dorothea over to Edna’s and after Jeff’s cake and over to Alice’s this a.m. I did up the work and ironed. Carol’s mother called about the bathroom enclosure. Had Jeff’s birthday party. He had Betty, Jimmy, his friends, Grandma Adair, Uncle Freddie, Margaret and Bob. He got $12 in money, a sweatshirt, rocket and a swimming pad. Cake and ice cream. A very nice day, sunny but a good breeze.



Thursday, July 7, 1966

A cloudy morning but on the humid side when that sun gets out,hot again. Today is Thursday and not one might of packing done. We got to rush now. I’ll be so glad if ever we are packed and out of here. So much to do. Dorothea had callers in evening. Mrs. Adair bought Dorothea’s kitchen set.


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