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!

Sunday, September 1, 2019

May 8 - 10, 1972


Monday, May 8, 1972 BEEF CATTLE CAME

A beautiful day. Up early. Bill worked for Gordon. Betty, all three kids and I over to Norway to get some clothes for Carmen and sneakers for Kim and Zak. I came home (got back about 10:30) washed and cleaned Billie’s bedroom. Got supper. Kimmy came out to see the cows when Billie got here. He didn’t come until after dark tonight. Lloyd came up also. Billie finished raking for Betty. It looks very nice. Betty finished painting the trailer. She came up here. Bill got the shutters on the house after supper. Kimmy fell and hurt her on front doorsteps. Betty and Walt dropped in a minute.



Tuesday, May 9, 1972

Today I cleaned my room and the blue bathroom and little hallway. I washed, hung some things out after supper. Kimmy up here today. Bill didn’t work, he painted the window blinds. He and I went to town, Kim went too. The cows got along well today except they are a little cold. Betty, Walt and kids up tonight on the tractor. Walt built a new body for his tractor-trailer. It is nice.



Wednesday, May 10, 1972

A fair day, some sun but quite a lot of wind clouds. Today Fern came up, she helped me. We got my living room all clean. Betty had Mary Ann Western for lunch today. She called here and the kids. Kim visited a little while. Bill worked for Gordon in a.m., in p.m. he painted some more window blinds. He put some back that were all done, it looks much better. It is cold tonight.



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