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, January 14, 2019

December 15 - 18, 1969


Monday, December 15, 1969 HAIRCUTS

Flurries. Not too cold, it was cloudy was snow flurries. I done up my work, down to Betty’s for a short time. Helped to get her tree up and some gifts around it. It seems so natural with a tree down there. I came home, made a pie and wrapped a few gifts. Betty and Walt,  kids decorated the tree tonight. I went down there for a little while to watch. Bill worked a couple hours late tonight. Cold tonight. Fern got her permanent.





Tuesday, December 16, 1969

I washed early, got ready, went down to Betty’s. We went to Portland and to Dorothea’s. We get some things for Fern. Betty did, at the stamp store. I got a couple things I wanted. I helped Betty get our Christmas tree. Carmen got hers for she and Kim to decorate. Billie got our tree in. Betty came up and helped to decorate it.



Tuesday, December 17, 1969

Nice day. I washed again and did kitchen and bathroom curtains. Also washed windows, ironed curtains and put them back up.



Thursday, December 18, 1969

It clouded up today. I went down to Betty’s. I washed, waxed my kitchen floor, washed out a couple batches of clothes. Stayed with Kim and Zak while Betty went to town. Billie did a little more shopping tonight. Bill got a Christmas card from Jean with $10 check today. Carmen up here little while tonight after school. Bill’s eye not too good tonight.


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