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 7, 2018

September 19 - 22, 1967


Tuesday, September 19, 1967

A beautiful day. I washed a dite this morning. Betty came up and brought up a huge washing. I helped to do some of it. In p.m. Sal came, she and I went to Norway. We looked in the furniture store. Betty babysat for me. Gordon didn’t work after supper. Rest of the chimney bricks came today.



Wednesday, September 20, 1967

Betty gone to Concord today. She took Carmen. Gordon finished sheathing or clapboarding the garage. I did a little wash. In evening Betty, Walt and Carmen called. Norm and Barbara Stanford had coffee. Fern, Lloyd and Ronald called in PM. A very nice day, very warm. Garage door and back door, more plywood etc. came from LC Andrews.



Thursday, September 21, 1967

A nice day. I done up regular work. Took care of Kim. Betty and Carmen up. Betty back down town etc. Carmen here all day. Gordon worked on roof and put the finish up on breezeway garage. Lloyd began the painting on the garage. They started on the chimney tonight. Door came for garage.



Friday, September 22, 1967

Cloudy in forenoon, rained last night. Cleared near noon. I did regular work. Betty came up. She took me to town. I got my glasses straightened, got groceries etc. Lloyd back up painting. Gordon put windows and wall into breezeway, put door on back of the garage. After supper Bill, Billie and Gordon got the chimney  up through first floor. Carmen bad with asthma. Shingles came for roof.
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