Lo 'n Pat

September 25, 2009

We spent most of the day with Pat Scadden at her home, for lunch and for dinner. Lois and Pat go back 60 years. Lois was 20 when she met Pat at Cable Printing Co. in Mt. Morris and Pat was then 18. Over the years these two have spent a lot of time together. Lois’ family used to spend the holidays together with Pat and Bill Scadden, who passed away over four years ago.

It was fun to get together again. The two ladies seem to have picked up where they left off. Pat lives in the same beautiful house which they built 23 years ago. She showed us the two beautiful bathrooms she just had remodelled. HDTV is Pat’s favorite TV channel and house redecorating is her favorite hobby. She told us of the plans she has to redo the floors in the main part of the house and to replace the furniture which she now has.

Another important part of Pat’s life is Swedish American Hospital. She just completed working there most of the summer. She retired from there after more than 30 years of service. She gets called back to fill in for vacations or to fill a vacancy while a new hire is being interviewed. Pat told us how much she enjoys working there.

We went to lunch at Garrett’s on Bell School Road, which is part of the Golf Shack. The food is excellent there and we all had something different. For dinner we went to a fish dinner at the Hoffman House, a place we have not visited in years. We had enough left over for fish sandwiches so we asked for a take-out box.