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!

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

December 14 - 17, 1968


Saturday, December 14, 1968

Mild rain and fog. Billie and I over to Norway and finished up the Christmas shopping. A dreary day, rain and fog.



Sunday, December 15, 1968 Mild

A bad miserable day. Very hard rain all day, Northeast. It let up in late p.m. Billie went out and got the Christmas tree. I wrote letters. Bill read. Bill called to work about 8 PM. In late p.m. we get some snow. Also there was a thunderstorm reported. I wrapped a few gifts.



Monday, December 16, 1968

Cold. Kind of cloudy. I washed, wrapped Christmas packages. Bill got a $20 check from Jean for his Christmas. Billie lame tonight. Been snow flurries, cloudy and clear. Bill worked until about 2 AM this morning. We got the tree in tonight.



Tuesday, December 17, 1968 OIL

Cold, 10 above. I went to Norway with Fern and Lloyd, a nice morning. I get a few groceries and other things. Came home, wrapped things. I worked on the Christmas tree. It looked very pretty all decorated. I got a five dollars check from Mrs. Dearborn.


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