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!

Friday, December 4, 2020

December 11 -14, 1976

Saturday, December 11, 1976

 

A nice day. I done up the housework, changed all the beds, washed, cooked, washed floors, dusted and ironed. Kimmy here most of the day. She is here tonight. Zak came up for a little while. Fern and Betty to the hospital. Billie went with Lawrence all day.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 12, 1976

 

A fair day, not too cold. I washed. Clothes dried pretty good. I backed all my Christmas cards. Billie up to Chet’s. Kimmy went home this morning.

 

 

 

Monday, December 13, 1976 To Portland

 

To Portland again today. We picked up Dorothea, she went with us. We enjoyed the day very much, it seems good to have Dorothea go with us again. Since she has been working she hasn’t been able to go with us. I got a few things. Will be glad when Christmas is over. We saw Jeff, got home at 5:30. Betty took Fern down to the hospital to see Lloyd. He was better than yesterday.

 

 

1976 Horton Christmas card

 

Tuesday, December 14, 1976

 

I went to Mechanic Falls with Betty to the dentist. We came back to Norway and she did a lot of shopping. Got home about 2:30. I mailed the Christmas cards. Had a steak supper.

 

 

 

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