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 23, 2020

January 1 - 3, 1975 New Years Day 1975





Wednesday, January 1, 1975 New Year’s Day

A new year we hope it will be a much better one than this last year. Today we didn’t get up till late. Still vacation. It was snowing but it soon ended. The sun came out, not too cold. Bill nor Billie didn’t do much. Carmen helped with the work and done some reading in p.m. She and I done a dite of cooking for supper. We worked on puzzle and watched TV. Walt and Betty called.



Thursday, January 2, 1975

A windy day. I got up early as Billie went back to work. Carmen had a touch of asthma about 9:30. Betty called to see about going to Portland so the kids can see the animals at the mall. Also got groceries and called at Dorothea’s. Kimmy stayed down to Dorothea’s. Walt went to Ted Flint’s and got the state car and he will go in and out for a while. He is to go to work very early. ILAN, MINNIE and RANDY moved into their new home today. They are very pleased with it. It is a very pretty home.



Friday, January 3, 1975 $180.90, $83.80

It has been cloudy all day, light snow flurries. Done up my regular work and done my figuring. In p.m. called at Betty’s to stay with Zak while she and Carmen went over to Harrison to get saddle which has been remodeled. Then Bill and I went to town, paid bills etc. Came home, watched TV shows.


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