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!

Sunday, December 2, 2018

July 2 - 5, 1969


Wednesday, July 2, 1969

A very nice day. I washed, ironed, cleaned up the bedroom some. Also the bathroom. Cooked a ham for supper. Aunt Ava and a Mrs. Guy Monk called in PM. Betty and Walt making phone calls in regards to a home loan. They called on Stanford’s in evening. Bill finished mowing lawn. Billie and I trimmed grass. Walt didn’t work. Lloyd home early, he sprained his ankles.



Thursday, July 3, 1968

Another very nice day. We did up the work. Betty slept in a.m. Went to town, came home. I cleaned a wall in the kitchen, washed windows and washed and waxed kitchen floor. Came home, had a swordfish supper. Did the grocery shopping today. I didn’t have to work for Dorothy today.



Friday, July 4, 1969

Bill, Walt, Billie home. Billie worked for Lawrence haying. Bill didn’t do much today. In evening I went over to Aunt Ava’s to see the fireworks. Walt and Betty took the kids downtown see them.



Saturday, July 5, 1969

A nice day, not too hot. I got the work done up. Baked some beans. Bill and I up to Evelyn’s and got some berries. Billie working for Lawrence haying.

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