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, March 14, 2021

December 26 - 29, 1977

 

Monday, December 26, 1977

 

A beautiful day. I didn’t get up very early. I have been right out straight in work for about the whole month. I done regular work. I washed, washed some windows and did an ironing. This is Christmas vacation week. Billie doing odd jobs. Bill fixed Fern’s fire protector. Watched old ballgame.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 27, 1977

 

A very nice sunny day but very cold, zero and below. I did a dite of wash. Everyone back to work today from Christmas. I did a big wash. Brud and Nona called for a little while. I did a lot of picking up and getting things back in place from Christmas.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 28, 1977

 

A very nice sunny day but very cold. 10 below this morning when we got up at 5:30. I finished my odds and end jobs and did an ironing. The tractor came back. Kim called in the a.m. a little while, Zak and Betty in PM.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 29, 1977

 

Betty and I went to town. I done some shopping, grocery. Came home, done rest of the housework. Walt, Kim and Zak left about 4:15 PM for Walt’s sister.

 

 

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