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, July 17, 2019

November 28 - December 1, 1971


Sunday, November 28, 1971

Betty and Zak both sicker today. Zak has a cold. Betty still has that stomach trouble etc. I had Carmen and Kim for the day. Walt care of Zak and done all the housework. No one else here today.



Monday, November 29, 1971

Kind of a messy day. I went down to Betty’s, she still don’t feel too good. I did some things to help her. Bill and Gordon at last began to get the furnace setup. Zak is a little better today.



Tuesday, November 30, 1971

It snowed, rained and a miserable day. It was mild temperatures. I done regular work. Betty better, she cleaned up her house. She and I to town. I made a cake this morning and cooked a delicious boiled dinner for supper. In evening Billie and I down to Ferns. She is much better too. Es was there, we brought her home. Bill did some plowing in our driveway and Walt’s last night, also today did some.



Wednesday, December 1, 1971

It dawned clear and nice. I put out my window lights for Christmas this morning. Bill and Gordon worked all day on furnace at Walt’s.



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