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!

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

November 5 - 8, 1976

Friday, November 5, 1976

 

I done my work. Betty and I to town to shop. I done some odds and end jobs. Bill worked at Betty’s, made a corral fence for them.

 

Old Gray Hen

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 6, 1976

 

Cold, windy, some sun. I did my regular work, washed, busy all day. Made a pie and cake. Zak here all day. Bill and Billie worked on the tractor etc. Bill down to Lloyd’s and done some odd jobs. Billie and Betty up to Chet’s and cleaned up. They brought home a lot of things which will be very useful. Also David was up there and he got a lot of things too.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 7, 1976

 

A nice drying day. I washed, clothes dried good, it was cloudy, wind and clouds. Bill and Billie worked out in the shed putting away the farm tools for the winter. Kimmy went home when she went to Sunday school. Carmen called a little while. Billie up to Chet’s in p.m. Chet was pleased with the way he cleaned up his house etc.

 

 

 

Monday, November 8, 1976 Cold

 

A nice sunny day but very cold and windy. Billie didn’t have to work. I did a big ironing this morning. Billie and I went up to Chet’s. I went all over the house. In evening Betty and I called at Fern’s. Bill down to Lloyd’s most of the day, working. Got our first letter from ESTHER.

 

 

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