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, March 10, 2021

December 11 -14, 1977

Sunday, December 11, 1977 cold

 

A nice sunny clear day, on the very cold side, 15 – 18 below. Stayed cold and windy all day. I have been so busy. Washed windows, done regular work. Kim here. Billie gone with Wesley to get cattle. Dorothea and Dave came up in PM.

 

 

 

Monday, December 12, 1977 Snow

 

Today I got my Christmas cards off. I went to town. Snow today.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 13, 1977 zero and colder

 

This is been such a cold cold day. Bill has plowed snow. I worked on Christmas wrapping, planning etc. Billie got his cards off today.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 14, 1977 A BAD SNOW STORM, warmer

 

NO SCHOOL. It has been a very bad day. It began snowing last night, snowed hard all day. At 4 o’clock it began a freezing rain. Roads all ice and very slippery. I worked on Christmas wrapping. Bill done plowing. Betty went to town with the truck and Dawn went with her. She and Carmen got the Christmas trees.

 

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