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!

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

December 23 - 24, 1988 Christmas Eve

 

Friday, December 23, 1988

 

It clouded up today, in late PM we got snow. Carmen came and cleaned up the house. It looks very nice. Billie been busy all forenoon. Carmen got the lunches. I made a chocolate cake and a loaf of Graham nut bread. I did the washing. Carmen did her washing too. Also she cleaned my beds. Betty called in today. She and Carmen. Joy called in evening.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 24, 1988

 

A cloudy day. Some faint sun in late PM. It clouded up and snowed. I been busy all day. Made bread. Frosted the cake. Washed floor, odd and end jobs. I washed my hair, took a bath. Kim here. At about 4:30 PM Billie’s chair got moved in without a hitch. He likes it very much. The Martins called after supper. Late in evening Hortons, Thomas and Fern came, we had the gifts and a lunch. We, Billie and I got such a lot of nice gifts and money.

 







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