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, January 25, 2019

January 24 - 27, 1970


Saturday, January 24, 1970

Another nice day. I done up my work, baked beans and made bread and rolls. Fern up for supper. Bill and Billie home all day.



Sunday, January 25, 1970

I done up my work, got dinner. Went down to Betty’s to stay with the kids while she and Walt went to Dorothea and Dave’s to play cards. Joy and Buddy were there too. Billie home all day.



Monday, January 26, 1970

Kind of cold. It was cloudy in the early morning. It cleared in forenoon. No school. Carmen and Kim up today.



Tuesday, January 27, 1970

I washed today. Clothes dried pretty good. On the cloudy side. I went down town with Fern and Lloyd in a.m. Came home, finished the washing. Went down to Betty’s and stayed until after programs. Betty down town. Betty don’t feel very good because of her eye, tired also.



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