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!

Monday, November 12, 2018

April 14 - 17, 1969


Monday, April 14, 1969 Began cleaning the New House

A beautiful warm or hot sunny day. Began to see the bare spots down through the fields. It was sunny warm all day. I washed, ironed, cleaned Billie’s closet, bureau draws and in our room. First time I ever cleaned here. I washed windows on the outside for first time this spring. Also washed them on the inside, very dirty on outside from the awful bad stormy and blowing snows of this past winter.



Tuesday, April 15, 1969

A very nice mild day. I did my bureau draws, bathroom closet and draws. Also desk draws. I washed again today. The snow went a lot today down through the field.



Wednesday, April 16, 1969

A beautiful day, warm and the snow went a lot today. I cleaned living room closet and did the upper cupboards in the kitchen.



Thursday, April 17, 1969

A very nice mild day. I did lower cupboards and draws. After supper I did the draws in the china cabinet unit.



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