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!

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

February 13 - 16, 1970


Friday, February 13, 1970

Another nice day. It is cold. I waxed kitchen floor. Washed, washed windows, down to Betty’s a little while. Vince is so cute. Bill took me to town after supper. After he got home from town Billie went down to see Susan. I went with him. Bill called to see her when he brought Carmen from Brownies.



Saturday, February 14, 1970

A nice day. Billie down to see Lloyd Trueworthy and got some butter. Bill worked most all day. I baked beans, made a cake and rolls. Fern down to Betty’s for supper.



Sunday, February 15, 1970

Cloudy and snow. Bill worked all day. Susan and Vince came up and visited us. We was glad to have her.



Monday, February 16, 1970

A beautiful day. I did my washing. Walt home, a holiday for state workers. I cleaned up the house. I worked at my scraps in p.m.

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