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!

Monday, March 8, 2021

December 3 - 6, 1977

Saturday, December 3, 1977

 

A very nice day. I did a big wash and washed floors etc. Bill slept. Billie went with Butch. Lawrence is much improved. Lloyd is getting worse. Kimmy has asthma. Zak up this PM.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 4, 1977

 

A beautiful day. I done my regular work. I done some figuring on Christmas. A big ironing, made a pie, went down to Dorothea’s, Bill and I.

 

Taking photos for the Christmas Cards












 

 

 

 

Monday, December 5, 1977 BILLIE TO WORK

 

Fair when I got up. Cloudiness came on. I went to town early in a.m. with Susan and Delores. Betty been busy, in and out all forenoon. They finished the cement up to the shelter. I did a dite of wash. Worked on Christmas list and grocery lists. Got Esther’s card ready to send. Billie went to work again this morning and back to M & M Alloy. He got through on July 22.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 6, 1977 SNOW ALL DAY

 

It has been a snowy day. We had about eight or 9 inches last night and wind blow. Today I made two kinds of cookies, defrosted the two refrigerators. I shut off one for the winter on the breezeway. Bill up early and plowed snow all forenoon.

 

 

 

 

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