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!

Thursday, February 6, 2020

December 14 - 16, 1973


Friday, December 14, 1973 rained hard all day, GOT CHRISTMAS TREES

Today it rained hard all day. I helped Betty in a.m. P.m. we went and got Christmas trees. I wrapped some things for Billie and us to give Esther and Fern’s folks. Carmen up here tonight for supper. Bill didn’t get home early. He got stuck in the mud where he works. After supper Betty came up. We got our Christmas tree in and Betty and Carmen decorated it. Very pretty.

That is one sad looking Christmas Tree



Saturday, December 15, 1973

A very nice day, on the kind of windy side. I washed and clothes dried good. I done regular work. Made some bread. Bill worked at Camp Encore. Billie rode around. In p.m. Dorothea, Jeff and a friend of Jeff’s came up. They brought a lot of things up for Hortons and Crooks. Jeff was driving. He does very well. He is going to Michigan, his father’s for Christmas.








Sunday, December 16, 1973

A cloudy cold day. I did a lot of work. Bill home early. Hortons called. I got my store list all made out for tomorrow if it doesn’t storm. I ironed, change beds, cleaned up the house, took a bath. Made a cake, had steak for supper. The Horton’s over for supper at Esther’s and Cliff’s. Betty and I called at Ferns in evening. Billie up to Chet’s and helped Harold Meade clean Chet’s chimney.



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