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!

Saturday, December 25, 2021

December 13 - 16, 1980

Saturday, December 13, 1980

 

A nice mild day. I was busy all day. I made a cake, bread, rolls, cleaned up the house and took a bath. Walt, Betty and Carmen called also Carmen cleaned the car. Kim brought the small car up and cleaned the little car.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 14, 1980

 

It was kind of a cloudy day, sunny and snow flurries. I done up my regular work which took till noon. To begin with I didn’t get up until about 7:45. David came, he made a very long visit. Then I made 2 batches of fudge. They came out good. Bill here all day. Billie called at Fern’s, took her down some fudge down. Kimmy and Zak brought the Christmas tree up. Laurie called in evening.

 

 

 

Monday, December 15, 1980 14 below we got up at 5:30 AM

 

A nice day but awful cold from the wind that blowed last night. Dorothea and I at Betty’s to check over the Christmas dinner etc. I worked on Christmas cards all day and other odd jobs.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 16, 1980

 

A sunny day, on the cool side. I done up my work and worked on Christmas cards. I sent one batch, down to Betty’s a little while.

 

Christmas Cards the Horton's Received 1980



 

 

 

 

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