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!

Sunday, December 6, 2020

December 19 - 22, 1976

Sunday, December 19, 1976

 

Cloudy but it cleared off. I cooked, made candy, washed, ironed. Kim called. Carmen, Lawrence and Keith called. Billie up to see Chet. Betty, Carmen and I down to Fern and Lloyd’s in evening. It turned out to be a nice clear day, not too cold.

 

 

 

Monday, December 20, 1976

 

Cloudy and snow. It snowed, sleet and rained all p.m. The kids school bus was very late coming home tonight, very bad traveling. It was not too bad until late p.m. Betty and I went to North Windham to grocery shop in a.m. Got home about noon.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 21, 1976 No School

 

It was bad this morning and snow all morning. I went down to Betty’s, we made cornballs and fudge. I came home, made the soup for supper. Bill didn’t do anything today. Nothing much to do.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 22, 1976 A NICE SUNNY DAY, COLD

 

It has been a nice sunny day, on the cold side. I washed but had to dry clothes inside and at Betty’s. I washed my kitchen curtains. I called at Fern’s in evening with Betty. Today Kim had her class entertainment at school. Betty and I went, it was very good. We enjoyed it. We saw Zak. The small grade kids were all there to watch it. Carmen not at school, sore throat. This is the last day of school for this term and for 1976.

 

 

 

 

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