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, November 17, 2020

October 11 - 13, 1976

Monday, October 11, 1976 a beautiful day, cold

 

It was cold and windy. I did a wash and cooked a boiled dinner. Went down town with Bill. Kids up after supper. No school today. Columbus Day. Susan and her kids came over. Betty down to Mary Anne’s to get Zak. Fern and Esther went too. They enjoy the ride and the pretty leaves. Kim down to Dawn’s and they made a jumper for Kimmy. Carmen’s company went home.

 



 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 12, 1976 Big Frost

 

A real nice day. I did washing, ironing, down to Betty’s. I cleaned the kitchen windows, washed curtains. Bill worked out in the barn in a.m., up to camp in p.m.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 13, 1976 Frost

 

Mostly cloudy. It was milder. I did a big wash and a lot of ironing. I also done rest of the kitchen except the floor. Bill worked on the shed doors. Betty and I called at Fern’s in evening. Also took the stitches out of Heidi.

 

 

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