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!

Saturday, October 27, 2018

February 14 - 17, 1969


Friday, February 14, 1969 $4.50

Clear and sunny but the wind blows hard. I done up my work. Worked at Dorothy’s. Came home, washed. Washed windows, kitchen floor, wrote out my store list etc. To town after supper. During the evening TV went out.



Saturday, February 15, 1969

10 Degrees above zero this morning. I did the sheets and pillow cases this morning. Made the beds up clean. I did a dite of my cooking. Betty called.



Saturday, February 16, 1969

A nice day. Got up about 8:30. Took a bath. Got breakfast, did up the work. Read paper. It was a beautiful day. In evening we went down to Fern and Lloyd. Dorothea and Dave and Jeff were there. We had a nice evening.



Monday, February 17, 1969 a nice mild day

A beautiful day. It was 10° this morning. I done up my work. Went to town with Fern and Lloyd today. Came home. The Raleigh man called. I had a call from Betty.
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