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, March 26, 2018

December 3 - 6, 1966



Saturday, December 3, 1966

Cold. 10 above when we got up this morning. I did a dite of cooking. Carmen and Kim here all day. Betty and Fern here for supper. Dorothea and Jeff went down to the apartment to stay until tomorrow night. Kimberly is real cute now all the time. Betty took the girls home early.



Sunday, December 4, 1966

A beautiful day. Didn’t get up until 9:30 AM. Got up, took a bath, ate breakfast, done up the work. Bob, Buddy, Debbie and Laurie called to get a Christmas tree. Fern and Lloyd here. Bill and I went for a ride than we came home. Carmen was here, Kennie and Dot. Carmen here all night. Jeff and Dorothea came home about 7:30. Joy called and Dave. 



Monday, December 5, 1966

Cold. Quite a nice day. I washed. Carmen and Kimberly here all day. Betty to Portland. Dorothea down to Betty’s in the evening.



Tuesday, December 6, 1966

Sunny. Nice and sunny all day. I got the clothes in. We got the ironing done. Betty didn’t get home till late but was an hour late, she had a flat tire. Dorothea and Jeff down to Barbara’s. Sal and Gordon came up this evening.


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