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, May 17, 2020

December 10 - 13, 1974


Tuesday, December 10, 1974

It was a clear day, on the warmer side. Got colder later this p.m. I had Zak while Betty went to her meeting. I did a big wash, made a pie, cooked a nice roast of pork. Bill didn’t do anything today.



Wednesday, December 11, 1974

Betty went to Portland. She got Walt’s new file cabinet. Also she did some other shopping. I had Zak. She got home early. Walt went to see Bill’s lawyer. It was quite good news. He and Betty came up here tonight.



Thursday, December 12, 1974

This has been a cloudy day, some snow and rain. No accumulation. I went to town in p.m. with Betty. We also went up to Lil’s, swept her floors. In a.m. Esther went with Betty and me to Norway. Bill got a letter from the lawyer again today. I dite of progress. In evening I went over to Esther’s and helped her wrap her gifts.



Friday, December 13, 1974

Cloudy and rain. I was busy all day. Betty up in p.m., we wrapped all the gifts. Carlton came today.



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