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, January 25, 2020

October 29 - November 1, 1973


Monday, October 29, 1973 Bill worked

A cloudy day. We cleaned the girls, Carmen and Kim’s, bedrooms and rest of the upstairs at Betty’s. Bill worked down there cleaning up outside etc. Billie called Lloyd in evening. Called at Fern’s in evening.



Tuesday, October 30, 1973

Heavy rains and wind. It cleared late in PM. I was at Betty’s. We did her bedroom, hall, bathroom and hall, the room they called den, it used to be Mama’s bedroom. In p.m. did living room. Fern was down there. Bill done some work at Betty’s.

Carving pumpkins



Wednesday, October 31, 1973 Bill worked at Walt’s

It was a nice sunny day. We cleaned her dining room and kitchen. It looked very nice after it was all done. Mary Anne called at Betty’s. In evening Billie, Fern and I went to Dorothea’s. She drove us in to see Lloyd.



Thursday, November 1, 1973 Bill worked at Betty’s

Heavy rain. We did some washing at Betty’s. Got ready, went to Norway. She got boots for the kids. Esther, Cliff and Fern to Portland to see Lloyd. Bill didn’t work at Betty’s today. Walt home early.


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