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, September 1, 2020

January 5 - 8, 1976

 

Monday, January 5, 1976

 

Today I went down to Betty’s, we cleaned up her house. It looks very good. Bill went down town and paid the bills, went to the bank.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 6, 1976 18 below

 

Up early, got my work done and went down to Betty’s. We got ready and went to Portland. Didn’t get home until late, about five. Dawn went with us. We had a good time. Bill helped Walt start the state car this morning

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 7, 1976

 

Partly cloudy, some sun. I done up my regular work, washed. I went down to Betty’s and we went to town. She went to her coffee group meeting. Bill and Ilan fishing today. I put my money in Christmas club.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 8, 1976

 

Kind of a stormy day. I done my regular work. I went down to Betty’s. She and I to town. We done Fern and Lloyd’s shopping. They say we are going to have a bad storm.

 

 

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