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!

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

March 11 - 14, 1968


Monday, March 11, 1968

It cleared up this morning and real sunny and warm. I did my wash. Bill home today. Gordon came up, they worked on the living room walls getting them plastered and smoothed up. Bill was so tired tonight.



Tuesday, March 12, 1968 Cold

It was nice and clear in early a.m. Cold. Bill and Gordon got the walls in living room done. They did the other rooms one coat. Put up molding. The two archways look very nice. I cooked boiled dinner. Had Fern up for supper. It clouded up in PM. It began snowing shortly after dark. Bill called out about 11 PM.



Wednesday, March 13, 1968

A cloudy and snowy rainy day. I kind of cleaned up the house today from the mess Bill and Gordon made working on the walls putting up molding etc. I also defrosted the refrigerator, did a dite of cooking. Bill to work today after being out two days working with Gordon to get the house done. He got home about 4:30 AM after plowing last night.



Thursday, March 14, 1968

Cold. A nice day but awful cold and windy. Snow blowed all day and drifted. Bill called to work at 5 AM. I cleaned up the house, made a pie. Cleaned the stove. Talked with Betty.
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