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, June 14, 2018

October 17 - 20, 1967


Tuesday, October 17, 1967 Dorothea Dave Betty Walt having papers made out for their homes today

Very mild all day. I washed. Mrs. Stanford called and asked me to go to Norway. I had to go to the bank for Betty. Betty Walt having their papers made out today. Also Dorothea and Dave are having their papers made out for their new home. Betty and girls called here for supper.



Wednesday, October 18, 1967

Cloudy all day. Gordon didn’t come until late. He wired for deep-freeze down cellar and for washer. He laid some of the last layer of kitchen floor.



Thursday, October 19, 1967 Began on kitchen cupboards

Partly cloudy, some sunshine. A pretty day, patches of clear blue sky. Gordon began on the kitchen cupboards. Fern, Lloyd and Sally called. Cold and windy all day and is tonight.



Friday, October 20, 1967

A very nice day. On the windy side. Gordon didn’t come until p.m. Then he and I went down to LC Andrews and Plywood Barn and Lakeside Plumbing. Got the sink, range hood and Mica top for shelves. Bill and I to town in evening.

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