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, December 27, 2021

December 21 - 23, 1980

 

Sunday, December 21, 1980 clear and cold 20 below this morning when Bill got up at 7 AM.

 

I done my hair and put a rinse on it. I done a lot of odds and end jobs. Busy all day, it was very cold. Bill and I up to Dorothea’s.

 

 

 

Monday, December 22, 1980 hair set

 

Cold again this morning. I done up my work. Got most of my wash done then over to Janet’s at 8:15, had my hair set. Went to town, also stopped to see Dorothea’s Christmas tree. Came home, finished the wash, did some ironing. Bill worked on Betty’s table and chair. In evening Joy, Dorothea, Laurie, Kathy, Cindy called and also Carmen called.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 23, 1980

 

It clouded up this morning then later it cleared. I did wash, made dark bread, a lot of other jobs. I went down to Betty’s, she and the kids cleaned up her house today. I came home, did my ironing. Made a cake. Bill working down cellar. Dorothea called in evening. Fern, Dorothea, Betty and I went riding around to see the Christmas lights in people’s houses. Not as many as are used to be. Charlene and Tom called.

 

 

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