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!

Friday, November 30, 2018

June 24 - 27, 1969


Tuesday, June 24, 1969

It rained hard all day. We had a shower. We stayed at home all day. Carmen okay. Kim has cold and is fussy.



Wednesday, June 25, 1969

Cleared today. We washed and got ready and went and looked at a house. Also drove around a lot. Found nothing. Called at Dorothea’s, she wasn’t at home. We saw a car accident.



Thursday, June 26, 1969

It came off quite hot, got some of the work done and then we went looking for a place. Nothing found as usual. We covered quite a territory. Came home, had a cold supper. Billie happy all his bills are paid. Called at Dorothea’s, she wasn’t at home.



Friday, June 27, 1969 $5.00

Came off very HOT. I worked at Dorothy’s in a.m. Came home, washed, ironed, cleaned up the house. Had swordfish for supper. Sat outside in evening, very hot and humid. I talked with Fern in evening. Betty talked on phone with ex-husband. We didn’t go anywhere today. Peas all blossomed. Betty to doctors (Richards).


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