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, November 13, 2018

April 18 - 21, 1969


Friday, April 18, 1969 $4.50

It was clear and sunny in a.m. Today got very warm, up in the 70s. Late in p.m. it began to get colder and about dark it started to rain hard. Today I worked at Dorothy’s. In p.m. I came home, did the blue bathroom ceiling and walls. Finished the kitchen ceiling. I did a ironing. Talked with Betty. Edgar Johns came and got the chair today. Bad snow storm two years ago today.



Saturday, April 19, 1969

It rained all night hard. It let up this forenoon. Later in p.m. it began to rain then change to snow. North east storm and it got cold. Bill began a weeks vacation today. He worked down cellar getting the walls painted white. He came down with a cold. Lloyd called here today. Billie worked for Lawrence today. I cleaned all the radiators in the house and what a job. I cleaned the kitchen walls. 



Sunday, April 20, 1969

A beautiful day. I got up early. After breakfast I got my washing to going. Washed all day, cleaned both bathrooms, cleaned lights, walls etc. Cleaned my bed. I did a big ironing in evening. Fern and Lloyd called.



Monday, April 21, 1969

I washed, cleaned Billie’s and my room and got some done in the living room. Bill painted window blinds all day. A pretty good day. A raw wind blowed most all day. Aunt Ava called a minute.



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