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, May 16, 2020

December 6 - 9, 1974


Friday, December 6, 1974

A nice day, on the cool side. I done my regular work. I was down town, did my shopping. Down to Betty’s in p.m., helped her wrap her gifts. Carmen and Zenya up here and played cards in evening. Randy came over and played with them. The girls stayed here all night. Package came from Sears today.



Saturday, December 7, 1974

Partly cloudy. I done regular work. Did a dite of cooking, washed kitchen floor. Carmen and Zenya watch TV cartoons in forenoon. Bill called at Lloyd’s is p.m. Billie up to Chet’s, they are about the same. Kim up in PM for supper and stayed overnight.



Sunday, December 8, 1974

This is been a very rainy day. I done regular work, washed, dried them in house. Only a few things. Went to town. Esther went with us. Billie up to Chet’s. I went down to Betty’s to babysit while she went out for supper. Took Zak tonight. On the mild temp. Kimmy went home when she went with them to Sunday school.



Monday, December 9, 1974 $63 is what Bill got, Betty got $75 for watch

Well it cleared off today after some heavy rains. We got up early and got the work done and Bill and I got ready and went to Portland to sell the watches. We went to Dorothea’s, she drove us around. Sold Betty’s for $75, Bill’s sold for $63. Got home about 2 o’clock.



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