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!

Saturday, April 6, 2019

October 28 - 31, 1970


Wednesday, October 28, 1970

I cleaned my bedroom today. Water is coming into the well. I did more washing today. A beautiful day. Kimmy a dite better. Worked late at Walt’s tonight.



Thursday, October 29, 1970

Today I cleaned the blue bedroom and little hall. Esther here and fixed my coat. I took care of Zak today. Kim not too good. A beautiful day. Betty is calling electricians, plumbers etc.



Friday, October 30, 1970

A beautiful day. I cleaned my living room today, it looks nice. I helped Betty a dite this afternoon. Es called. I have a touch of the kids cold etc. Kimmy a lot better today. She got dressed. Betty working outside with the new tractor, cleaning up etc. Worked late tonight at Walt’s.

Carving Pumpkins



Saturday, October 31, 1970

Another nice day, it got a little hazy in p.m. Bill, Billie and Lloyd worked on the ditch in the pasture. I called at Betty’s to see the apartment. Bill did too. Es and Susan called. I took care of Vince while they picked Susan’s things over at Betty’s. Man came to see the car.





I'm pretty scary looking!



Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)