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!

Friday, May 15, 2020

December 2 - 5, 1974


Monday, December 2, 1974

This is been a very bad stormy day, freezing rain. Bad traveling. Zak didn’t have to go to school. I was down to Betty’s while she went to Norway and to town.



Tuesday, December 3, 1974 $183.90 Bill, and $83.80 me

This is been a very cloudy day, some clear sky at times. I worked on my Christmas orders and my accounts etc. I went to town with Betty in p.m. We drove over to Mrs. Owens. Carmen gone to Portland with the Bracketts Christmas shopping. Betty and Zak up tonight to get some potatoes.



Wednesday, December 4, 1974

Up and got my work done. We went to Portland. I done most of my shopping. Dorothea went with us. She done some and Betty too. Not too many in the stores today.



Thursday, December 5, 1974

A nice day. I am pleased. I got so much of my shopping done. I washed and was busy all day. I was down to Betty’s in p.m.


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