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!

Sunday, July 22, 2018

March 3 - 6, 1968


Sunday, March 3, 1968

A cold windy day. A very quiet day here. Billie gone with Lawrence. Bill not feeling very good, his jaw and teeth still very sore and painful. I got up about 8 AM, got breakfast, did up the work. Picked or looked over snapshots and negatives. Fern, Lloyd called also Randy, Steve and David. After supper Bill and I took milk strainer up to Chet’s. Down town to get some soup for Bill to eat. Came home, Norm and Barbara called for a visit. Bill put his car battery in.



Monday, March 4, 1968 Partly cloudy
A typical early March day. I got some mail off. Did my wash. It cleared off and the clothes dried awful good. I got them in middle of afternoon. Bill home for lunch, mouth hurts, he can’t eat solid foods. I got a call from Airway Company. They are coming this week to fix my machine.



Tuesday, March 5, 1968

A nice sunny March day. A little March wind blowing. Billie home sick today. Bill home at noon. Mouth still very sore. He is about sick. I did a big ironing, mended.



Wednesday, March 6, 1968

A nice day, not too warm. I got my work done up about 11:30. Fern, Lloyd called. Also the guy came to fix my vacuum. They called at Fern and Lloyd’s and they bought a new machine. Kennard called. Bill home for lunch. His teeth are awful sore and ache. I called Betty.


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