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!

Thursday, September 16, 2021

December 7 - 10, 1979

Friday, December 7, 1979

 

A pretty good day. It seems good I don’t have to go shopping. Well, I washed, it was mild in a.m., but it got colder in PM. I washed all my windows on the outside. Billie helped. I washed windows on inside, done a million other things.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 8, 1979

 

Well, it has been a quite nice day. It was clear, cloudy (wind clouds) and the wind blowed hard in late PM and evening. I did a lot of cooking. I washed floors, dusted, cleaned up the house in general. Dorothea and David up to their place. It was very cold up to their place. They went home early. David has new hours to work. From 4 PM till 3 AM. Bill didn’t do anything. Billie done regular chores and in and out.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 9, 1979 COLD

 

A nice clear day, but very cold and windy. I done my regular work then worked on Christmas cards all day. Bill watched TV. Billie here and there. Zak called.

 

 

 

Monday, December 10, 1979 Cold, Sunny

 

A beautiful day. I did my washing, regular work. Joy called and Billie Deming. Bill didn’t do anything all day. Billie done his regular work, went here and there. It is been a beautiful day. I made a soup for supper tonight. They liked it. I got a package back from Miles Kimball.

 

 

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