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, April 23, 2018

March 22 - 25, 1967


Wednesday, March 22, 1967

A very nice day. Betty and Carmen went grocery shopping. Betty quite discouraged. Kimberly is real good. I done my regular work, made a cake. Bill down to Betty’s in the evening.



Thursday, March 23, 1967

Another nice mild day. More or less still cloudy. Betty brought the kids up here. Fern and Lloyd called. Kennard called. Mr. Whitten called from Norway in regards to business about our house. I worked on my house plans etc.



Friday, March 24, 1967

A very nice day. I washed and ironed. Kids came up, I worked on my house plans. Betty and girls up for supper. Betty took me to town. Bill called at Betty’s in evening and Gordon’s. They talked over plans of getting to going on the house.



Saturday, March 25, 1967 HOUSE

A nice mild day, on the windy side. I did up my regular work. Billie didn’t have to work. At noon today Gordon came up. He and Bill measured up the elevation of the land for the new house. The first step. Also Bill worked at Betty’s, fixed shelves, a light and helped her do some other things.


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