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, October 9, 2018

December 10 - 13, 1968




Tuesday, December 10, 1968

Very cold, windy, zero. I washed windows, did a big ironing, took care of rest of the apples. Rest of the afternoon worked on Christmas list, gifts, cards etc.



Wednesday, December 11, 1968 6 below this morning

I washed, did a few odds and end jobs. Worked on rest of the Christmas cards etc.



Thursday, December 12, 1968

A nice day, clear. I worked on Christmas list, cards and wrapped gifts etc. Got supper, had a beef stew. Mark and Bobby Stanford called in. I ironed.



Friday, December 13, 1968 Mild

A nice sunny day, much warmer. I worked at Dorothy’s. She is home sick with a cold. I came home, wrapped some gifts, went to town in evening.
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