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, October 27, 2019

December 9 - 12, 1972


Saturday, December 9, 1972 Ham, corned beef, chicken breast

Partly cloudy. It was much milder today 35 to 40°. Carmen here all day. Zak and Kim up in PM. I baked beans, made a cake and rolls. Billie got chicken breasts, ham, corned beef and bacon today.



Sunday, December 10, 1972 Rain

Rained hard mixed with snow all day. Done regular work. Bill and Billie out and in all day. No one here.



Monday, December 11, 1972

Cleared this morning. I done regular work, got ready to go to Portland with Betty and Esther. Got a few groceries. Came home, got supper. Betty got Billie’s last gifts bought today. We had a good time. I did some washing after supper. Saw the Apollo on the moon tonight. Tonight we watched the Apollos on the moon, it was very interesting.



Tuesday, December 12, 1972

Cloudy. I washed and took some things down to Betty’s and dried them in her dryer. I ironed. Betty cleaned up her house and wrapped  gifts. Saw the astronauts on the moon again tonight. They are discovering new sites, one a volcano hole. Many interesting rocks etc. very dusty there.

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