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!

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

February 20 - 23, 1974


Wednesday, February 20, 1974

A beautiful day. I did a big wash today. Clothes dried good. Kim went home today after being here for overnight. Carmen up here tonight to stay all night. Joy and kids called at Betty’s today. Billie all through work till Monday. M & M Alloy Co, like many others, are slack because of this energy shortage. Caused by the big money sharks of the world.



Thursday, February 21, 1974

Carmen here today. She and Kim went down to skate in a.m. She stayed till after supper. We worked on a puzzleand watched TV. Billie down to Lawrence’s.



Friday, February 22, 1974

It began to snow in middle of forenoon and then turned to rain. It rained quite hard all day. I helped Betty in a.m., then she and I went to town. Today Mike called to see his two girls. Carmen and Kim. He visited with them for a while. Billie still lame.



Saturday, February 23, 1974

Partly cloudy. I done regular work, a dite of cooking. Washed floor. Defrosted refrigerator. Billie worked in forenoon at M & M Alloys, went with Lawrence in p.m. Kay Thomas called, she brought me a ironing board cover. Zak up here and stayed tonight.



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