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Raffle Baskets

#1 Steeler’s Prize
#2 Vera Bradley
#3 Lottery Tree
#4 “In Case of Emergency, Break Glass”
#5 “Feeling Lucky Today”
#6 “Shopping Spree"
#7 Whatever your Gardening Fancy Basket
#8 Happy Halloween Basket
#9 Summer Time Fun Basket
#10 Young Man (7+)
#11 Green Canyon Spa Lavender Basket
#12 Bath and Body Basket
#13 Pasqualino’s Basket
#14 Young Woman (7+)
#15 Men’s Spa
#16 Bigelow Tea Basket
#17 Jesus Loves you Bundle
#18 Sweet Scentsy
#19 Eastwood Hardware Basket
#20 Unicorn Lovers Basket
#21 Vintage Coca Cola Basket
#22 Yummy Basket
#23 Pampered Baking Basket
#24 Golf Basket
#25 Dog Basket
#26 Keely’s Basket
#27 Labubu Basket
#28 Triple Treats
#29 Games and Snacks
#30 Electric Skillet Family Dinner
#31 A Man’s Needs
#32 Lego Basket
#33 Glassware Set
#34 Birthday Basket
#35 Bathtub and Beauty Basket
#36 Puzzle Basket
#37 Butterfly Buzz Kitchen Basket
#38 Crafty Halloween Basket
#39 Bee Happy Basket
#40 Baby Basket
#41 Comforting Tea Basket
#42 Hello Kitty Basket
#43 Bath and Body Spa Day
#44 Peanut Butter Basket
#45 Beanie Baby Basket
#46 Drink/Hydration Basket
#47 Pedi Basket
#48 Tree of Life quilt
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#1 Steeler’s Prize
#2 Vera Bradley
#3 Lottery Tree
#4 “In Case of Emergency, Break Glass”
#5 “Feeling Lucky Today”
#6 “Shopping Spree"
#7 Whatever your Gardening Fancy Basket
#8 Happy Halloween Basket
#9 Summer Time Fun Basket
#10 Young Man (7+)
#11 Green Canyon Spa Lavender Basket
#12 Bath and Body Basket
#13 Pasqualino’s Basket
#14 Young Woman (7+)
#15 Men’s Spa
#16 Bigelow Tea Basket
#17 Jesus Loves you Bundle
#18 Sweet Scentsy
#19 Eastwood Hardware Basket
#20 Unicorn Lovers Basket
#21 Vintage Coca Cola Basket
#22 Yummy Basket
#23 Pampered Baking Basket
#24 Golf Basket
#25 Dog Basket
#26 Keely’s Basket
#27 Labubu Basket
#28 Triple Treats
#29 Games and Snacks
#30 Electric Skillet Family Dinner
#31 A Man’s Needs
#32 Lego Basket
#33 Glassware Set
#34 Birthday Basket
#35 Bathtub and Beauty Basket
#36 Puzzle Basket
#37 Butterfly Buzz Kitchen Basket
#38 Crafty Halloween Basket
#39 Bee Happy Basket
#40 Baby Basket
#41 Comforting Tea Basket
#42 Hello Kitty Basket
#43 Bath and Body Spa Day
#44 Peanut Butter Basket
#45 Beanie Baby Basket
#46 Drink/Hydration Basket
#47 Pedi Basket
#48 Tree of Life quilt
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The tickets are priced as follow:

1 ticket for $1
7 tickets for $5
16 tickets for $10
40 tickets for $20

The raffles will be drawn on Labor Day, Monday, September 1st at 4 PM

The following is a list of what is in each and every basket.

Note – winners do not have to be present for drawing, but must pick up within one week before runner up is picked.

#1 Steeler’s Prize: Steeler’s vs. Dolphins Tickets Monday December 15th 8:15pm – Section 525

#2 Vera Bradley: Matching Purse and Handbag – Blue and white flowered

#3 Lottery Tree: Wax, Halloween Themed

#4 “In Case of Emergency, Break Glass”: More than $200 Gift Certificates 

#5 “Feeling Lucky Today”: Lottery Tickets in Picture Frame

#6 “Shopping Spree:” $50 Giant Eagle, $50, Kohl’s, $50 Target, $50 TJMaxx, Marshalls, Sierra, or Home Goods

#7 Whatever your Gardening Fancy Basket: 1 large plastic tub to carry tools/supplies, matching canvas gardening bag with G pockets, 3 pronged garden digging tool, 1 flamingo themed plastic table cloth, 1 pair garden gloves, 1 “Spring Flowers” garden sign, 1 “Live, Love, Garden” rock, 2 faux spring flowers, 4 vegetable seed packets, 2 flower seed packets, 2 small garden lights, 1 painted wooden decoration with 3 small pots and replaceable ceramic pots, 1 red butterfly net

#8 Happy Halloween Basket: $25 Walmart gift card, halloween napkins and paper plates, Glow sticks, 1 Halloween light up necklace, Trick or Treat wine, Pumpkin hand soap, T-towels, 1 light up pumpkin, 1 pumpkin spice candle, party bags, 1 air freshener, Fabreeze, Pumpkin socks, 1 wooden pumpkin light up sign

#9 Summer Time Fun Basket: Badminton Set for 4; Water Pump Sports guns, Kazoos (4), Tablecloth (1), drinking glasses (4), Water balloon pump, 400 balloons, balloon stand with balloons, Star Decor 

#10 Young Man (7+): Marvel Chess set, New Phone Family Game, SpiderMan School Supplies, Hedbanz Game, Build your own plane, Build your own Motorbike; Triominos; Rubik’s Cube

#11 Green Canyon Spa Lavender Basket: Shower Gel, Bubble Bath, Body Lotion, Hand Cream, Bath Salt, Massage Essential Oil, 1 Bath Bomb, Bath Pouf and Exfoliating Loofah.

#12 Bath and Body Basket: Strawberry Soda Body Cream, Strawberry Soda Shower Gel, Chasing Fireflies Hand Soap, Chasing Fireflies Moisturizing Body Wash, small Melon hand cream, Antibacterial Hand Spray, small Shea Butter hand cream, plug-in air freshener with oil

#13 Pasqualino’s Basket: $50 Gift Certificate, Pasqualino’s Pasta Sauce, Silk Soft Red Blend Wine

#14 Young Woman (7+): Six Taylored Expressions Rubber Stamps; Silver Gem stickers 416ct; Teddy Bear Notepad and Magnet; American Girl “My Life” Scrapbook Kit; Bicycle Diamond Dot Kit; Sweet Sayings Set (includes 50 page journal, 2 wooden stampers, 1 stamp pad, 10 printed cards, 1 pen); 11pc stationary set; pink “Summer Fun” journal

#15 Men’s Spa: White Rain Men’s collection body wash; shaving gel; 6 blade razor; Power Stick 2-in-1 shower gel; Dove Men bar soap, Black washcloths, Dark blue scrubby, Dove Men Hydra Cream, Body Spray, Dark blue tote

#16 Bigelow Tea Basket: Blue and white tea pot; 6 boxes of assorted teas, honey sticks, warmer (stand with candle), infuser, tea towels

#17 Jesus Loves you Bundle: “Dear Jesus” book, 2 journals

#18 Sweet Scentsy: Full size Scentsy Warmer; Scentsy wall plug in warmer; 6 wax bars; 1 pack wax cotton clean up pads

#19 Eastwood Hardware Basket: $25 Gift Certificate Eastwood Hardware; Duct Tape…need there be more…but there is much more…Grease pencil, work gloves etc.

#20 Unicorn Lovers Basket: Stuffed Unicorn; Unicorn journal; Unicorn Keychain Sewing Kin; Pastel Hair clips; Keychain with Lipgloss; Unicorn Giftbox (includes unicorn purse, unicorn change purse, hair bow, necklace, bracelet)

#21 Vintage Coca Cola Basket: 1 tray, 4 Coke bottles, 3 Christmas bulbs, 1 puzzle, 1 napkin holder, 1 glass, 1 tin, 1 deck of cards, 2 rulers

#22 Yummy Basket: 1 bag Ritz crackers; 1 bag pistachios; Snicker’s candy bar; 1 bag Planter’s Peanuts; Snyder’s pretzels; Jack Link’s meat sticks and cheese; Jack Link’s beef jerky; Golden Island Korean barbecue snack bites; Slim Jims (3 mild)

#23 Pampered Baking Basket: Tart Pan with lid; 8” Square Baker with Lid; Whipped Cream Maker; Cup Slicer; Mini Serving Spatula; Linzer Cookie Cutters; Dual Piping Bag; Slice and Serve Pie server

#24 Golf Basket: 2 Food Joy; 1 black golf glove; 1 white golf glove; 1 Red Puma Golf Shirt; 1 Dicks Sporting Goods Golf Towel; 1 GenTeal Golf Hat; 1 dozen TaylorMade Golf Balls; bag of golf tees 

#25 Dog Basket: Pure Bites 1 ingredient Beef Liver mini treats; Spunky Pup Lick Pad; Lamb Chop (crinkle and squeak); Medium Kong; Top Paw Poop Bag dispense with bags; Pig Ear for Medium chewers; Stella and Chewy Salmon and Cod Meal Mixer; “Game on” Tennis balls

#26 Keely’s Basket: Haircut and Style gift certificate; Kendra Hair spray; Paul Mitchell shampoo; Pure Mix conditioner; Sexy Hair curling cream

#27 Labubu Basket 

#28 Triple Treats: $25 Village Inn, $25, Eat-n-Park, $25 Mohan’s Restaurant; Dozen Smiley Cookies

#29 Games and Snacks: Variety of flavors Utz potato chips; Mike & Ike candy; Whoppers; Crush drink; Murder Mystery Game; “What do you Mean” game; Tower Tumble game; Uno

#30 Electric Skillet Family Dinner: Electric Skillet; Cutting Board; Mini Mandoline Slicer; Slotted Spoon; Flat Turner; Assorted Seasonings; Dish Towel; Pot Holders; Gravy Mix; Mashed Potatoes

#31 A Man’s Needs: National Guard Backpack; Dom’s Auto Repair oil change gift certificate; Three Pasquale’s Gift certificates each for a free Large 1 topping pizza

#32 Lego Basket: 750 piece Lego Creator Bin; 790 piece Lego Creator Box; Lego Bonsai Tree; Lego Star Wars Ahsoka T6 Jedi Shuttle; Lego Dancing Groot

#33 Glassware Set: Amanda’s hand painted seasonal tumbler glasses; 1 bottle Les fumees blanches sauvignon blanc

#34 Birthday Basket: Gift Bags and tissue paper; table cloths, Plates and Napkins; Cups and Cutlery; Decorations and Candles; Invitations and Birthday Cards; Sidewalk chalk; Bubbles; Bracelets

#35 Bathtub and Beauty Basket: Unique bathtub container, Bath and Body Works “Thousand Wishes” body lotion, Bath and Body Works “Sweetest Song” body lotion, Bath and Body Works “Thousand Wishes” body wash, Bath and Body works “Gingham Gorgeous” body wash, Bath and Body Works “Gingham” body wash, Bath and Body Works “Sweetest Song” body wash, blue scrubby, shark scrubby, back bath brush

#36 Puzzle Basket: Butterflies 1000pc 26.6” Round; Sunflower Fields Forever Pink Sky 500pc 20×20; Magic Touch Santa with toys and bird 1000pc 24×30; The World of Dogs 1000pc 23¼  x33¼; Puzzle Bug Windows and Doors 500pc 18¼ x 11; Birds 350pc 14” round

#37 Butterfly Buzz Kitchen Basket: Candle 2026 Calendar; Whisk, Spatula, Grabber Mit, Butterfly ice cube tray, note pad, 2 sponges, dishtowels, dish soap, fabuloso cleaner, Spic&Span cleaner; room spray, Butterfly Salt and pepper shakers; “Let’s Stay Home” decoration; 2 Bath and Body Works hand soaps, 2 plastic serving trays; Drink cup, napkins, paper plates, Solar Lantern, Words to live by, Microfiber Kitchen Set; purple glass pump jar

#38 Crafty Halloween Basket: Halloween door decor kit that glows; Elastic spider web decor; patch stickers; mini Halloween dig kit, crafting tape, ghost crochet kit, cute witch statue, pumpkin candle, wooden light up house, acrylic markers to paint house

#39 Bee Happy Basket: “Bumble” decoration (stand up plush), Busy Bee plaque, Bee face mask, Bee kind change purse and license holder, Bee cup, Bee hive round mat, 2 coasters, 2 “Home is where your honey is” candles with holders, Naked bee hand and body lotion, Naked bee lip balm, Bee towel, “Bee sweet, be kind, be you” decoration, Bee seeds, bee balm, bee necklace, bee hanging decoration, “Bee Blessed” pillow, bee card

#40 Baby Basket: Disney Dumbo Plush Rattle; Hand crocheted rainbow colored blanket; Hand crocheted rainbow colored cap; Yellow bib reads “Hot Mess”; Tailored Expressions Stamp “Welcome Baby”; Desitin diaper rash paste; Johnson’s aloe and E powder; Johnson’s head-to-toe wash and shampoo; QC baby wipes

#41 Comforting Tea Basket: Blue tea pot; Honey dipper; 1 jar honey, tea infuser; 1 bag Biscoff cookies; 1 bag ginger snap cookies; 1 bag Tate’s Bake shop cookies; Newman’s own organic boxes of tea (1 Chamomile, 1 Sweet Cinnamon Spice); Bigelow boxes of tea (Blackberry Citrus, Green tea with pomegranate)

#42 Hello Kitty Basket: 1 large plush Hello Kitty; Hello Kitty Blanket; Hello Kitty Tumbler; Hello Kitty Supresa Eggs (2)

#43 Bath and Body Spa Day: 2 wick candle; Lotion and body spray set; Coco shea lotion; 2 hand soaps; 2 room sprays; Pocket hand sanitizer; Light up flower wallflower plug in; 5 wallflower refills

#44 Peanut Butter Basket: 1 jar crunchy peanut butter; 1 jar creamy peanut butter; 1 container peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets; 1 bag peanut butter M&M’s; 1 Reese’s Big cup; 1 box Reese’s pieces; 4 pack Reese’s White peanut butter cups; 1 box peanut butter Buddy Bars; 1 family size peanut butter Oreos; 1 box Ritz Bits peanut butter crackers

#45 Beanie Baby Basket: $25 Target gift card; various dog Ty Beanie Babies (6); 1 rabbit Ty Beanie Baby; 1 patrioti bear Ty Beanie Baby

#46 Drink/Hydration Basket: 1 Core Hydration; 1 Tumbler with flip locking lid; 4 box drink packets (Snapple kiwi strawberry, Snapple fruit punch, Sonic ocean water, Peak H2O strawberry, 2 box electrolyte packets; 2 bags nut blend trail mix 

#47 Pedi Basket: 1 Hand towel; 1 Foot file; 1 Pedicure set (Epsom salt, Repair foot cream); 1 Hand sanitizer; 1 Cuticle oil; 1 Tea Tree oil spray; 1 Nail Clipper

#48 Tree of Life quilt

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Craft Show, Raffle, and More!

On the 16th of August from 9 AM – 2 PM we are going to have our Sixth Annual Craft Show, which kicks off our big end of Summer Raffle Basket fundraiser, and before either of those we also have an event this Thursday at Texas Roadhouse.

Shannon and I recently had a conversation about how we like our steak.

Shannon: I know that I like to have my steak cooked medium well, but how do you like your steak?
Sean: Guess.
Shannon: Medium rare?
Sean: Well done!
Shannon: Ummm…

So when we go to Texas Roadhouse this Thursday after work we can safely order each others food.

I remember the last time I was there I had a waiter ask me, ‘How did you find your steak?’

I simply replied, “I just looked next to my potatoes, and there it was!”

When you stop at Texas Roadhouse this Thursday between 3 PM and 10 PM, be sure to either bring a copy of the flyer with you or show them the picture of the flyer on your phone. Shannon and I will be stopping in after work ourselves that evening.

This Saturday is our Sixth Annual Craft Show, and if you want you can still grab a table in exchange for a $25 donation. Of course, organizing this craft show reminds me of the time I had the really unusual opportunity to organize Dwayne Johnson’s craft room. Unfortunately, I lost his scrapbook cutting tool. That’s right, I lost the Rock’s paper scissors. Hopefully I will still be able to find my scissors when this craft show is done.

At our craft show we’ll be grilling wonderful food, and kicking off our raffle basket. I’ve always enjoyed raffles ever since my Dad won a raffle when I was a kid. He won a baguette. Yep, my Dad was the bread winner.

There are going to be a lot of great raffles, including one with tickets for the Steelers vs Dolphins game.

The tickets will be priced as follow:

1 ticket for $1
7 tickets for $5
16 tickets for $10
40 tickets for $20

The raffles will be drawn on Labor Day, Monday, September 1st at 4 PM.

I should talk about some of the other things we have coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Thursday, August 14th, 3PM – 10PM, Texas Roadhouse, Texas Roadhouse in the Monroeville/Wilkins location will be host a fundraiser for Lost and Found.
  • Friday, August 15th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
  • Saturday, August 16th, 9AM – 2PM, Sixth Annual Craft Show ~ This year’s craft show will have lots of activities, grilled foods, and raffle baskets! Be sure to stop in and check things out.
  • Saturday, August 16th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
  • Saturday, August 16th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing whether or not the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed are still pertinent.
  • Tuesday, August 19th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Malachi and this week we will be studying Chapter 2.
  • Wednesday, August 20th, 5PM – 7PM, Bill and Ted: Face the Music ~ Ever since this film this film was released during the pandemic Art and I have been trying to convince Shannon that we should show this film on a movie night. In fact, Art and I can often be heard shouting, ‘We are Wild Stallions’ followed by us making fake guitar noises. Somewhere along the way we finally broke Shannon.
  • Thursday, September 4th, 5:15 PM, Book Club ~ The first Thursday of every month our book club gets together and discusses a different book. This time we’ll be discussing All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr.
  • Saturday, September 6th, 11AM – Noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a dinosaur themed LEGO competition for kids ranging in age from pre-K through 6th grade. There is no entry fee and we have some really cool prizes fro various age categories.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! Our soup is our very popular white chicken chili and our sandwich is a pizza panini! Our specialty ice creams are Black Cherry and Caramel Cookie Twist and soon will be releasing a cookie butter milkshake using cookie butter we made ourselves.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Lost and Found Pharmacy on the move!

Sometimes things conspire to let us know when it’s time to move, which is well demonstrated by a conversation Shannon and I had the other day.

Shannon calmly stated, “If I could rearrange the alphabet I’d move U…Cause you’re blocking the TV.”

Always talking about moving has me pretty excited and I keep thinking about this song from the movie, Madgascar:

In the case of Lost and Found we’ve been renting in our current location for nearly ten years and we have seen the challenges of renting. We are looking for more space and the opportunity to put down permanent roots. We’ve saved the community millions of dollars and we believe that a place of our own will put us in a better position long term to help even more. That said, we want to invite you to participate in a number of up coming activities to help us raise the funds we need to move.

This Saturday, weather permitting, we’re having another Car Cruise with lot’s of good food and a fifty-fifty raffle.

Thursday, August 14th from 3 PM to 10 PM, Texas Road House is donating 10% of it’s sales to Lost and Found Pharmacy.

Saturday, August 16th from 9 AM to 2 PM is our Sixth Annual Craft Show and kicks off our raffle basket fundraiser. Be sure to stop in and register for a table if you’re interested in participating in the craft show. 

If you are interested in donating a basket to our Basket Raffle, please do so by the 16th of August. The raffle will begin selling tickets on August 17th and the drawing will be held on Labor Day, September 2nd at 4PM.

The tickets will be priced as follow:

1 ticket for $1
7 tickets for $5
16 tickets for $10
40 tickets for $20

All these fundraisers remind me of the time my personal account got hacked. The person that hacked me was so disappointed when he saw my balance that he started a fundraiser for me.

Stay tuned for other fundraiser activities, and jokes, coming up.

We’ve also got a lot of other things coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Friday, July 25th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
  • Saturday, July 26th, Noon – 3PM, Car Cruise ~ Lost and Found Pharmacy will be having it’s third car cruise of the Summer along with trophies and food out on the grill.
  • Saturday, July 26th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ A handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. We can even talk about the latest tech rumors, like that Netflix and Yahoo might be merging and moving to Israel. Apparently they’ll be known as Net ‘n’ Yahoo.
  • Saturday, July 26th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘repentance’.
  • Tuesday, July 29th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ The end is nigh! We are studying Revelation, and are currently in chapter 21. Feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
  • Saturday, August 2nd, 11ish AM – ??, Crafty Crew ~ Our Crafty Crew is back working on lots of fun projects while spinning yarns. I’m sure they’ll have everyone in stitches. They will be here every other Saturday.
  • Thursday, August 7th, 5:15 PM, Book Club ~ Our intrepid book club is reading a fantastic fiction from Andy Weir titled Project Hail Mary. I know I love this book and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do.
  • Saturday, August 16th, 9AM – 2PM, Craft Show ~ We’ll be hosting our Sixth Annual Craft Show and kicking off our basket raffle.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our specialty sandwich is a pizza panini, and our current soup is the Soup-er popular chicken tortilla soup. Our current specialty ice creams are Graham Central Station and Orange Blossom. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is a S’More Milkshake with marshmallows, graham crackers, milk chocolate, chocolate chips, Nutella, whipped cream and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Prepare for the Flag Day Pet Parade!

Clearly our dog, Xanax, is ready for the Parade this Saturday starting at 2PM. The parade will be held outside and Judges will be giving out awards. There is no entry fee, so dress up your pet and bring it out. Only service animals will be allowed in the store.

Speaking of dogs, I spotted an albino dalmatian the other day. I figured it was the least I could do.

Speaking of patriotic themed items, we are showing the new Captain America movie this coming Wednesday at 5 PM on our movie screen.

That reminds me of a recent trip Shannon and I took to the movie theater. We sat down and noticed that the man in front of us brought his dog and it was sitting on the seat next to him. Shannon and I thought it was unusual, but since we likes dogs we decided that as long as the dog was not a distraction we wouldn’t mention it.

The movie starts and pretty soon there’s a funny part. The dog makes some low woofing sounds that seem like laughter. After awhile there was a sad part and the dog appeared to be weeping. This continues throughout the whole film and Shannon and I are astounded.

When the lights come up I tap the dog’s owner on the shoulder and tell him, “I gotta say, and I know it sounds weird, but it seemed like your dog really enjoyed this movie.”

The dog’s owner looks at the dog and nods. “I know, it really is weird,” he says, “because he absolutely hated the book.”

We also have another car cruise coming up on Saturday June 21st. We’ll have classic cars, food out on the grill and an all around great time. This had me thinking about creating a quick crossword puzzle about cars. Shannon did shoot down my idea as the first question that I wanted to include, ‘What starts with G-A-S and is ten letters long?’. The answer would have been, ‘AUTOMOBILE’!

We also will have a cook out at Lost and Found for the 4th of July followed by a beach themed LEGO contest on the 5th.

Kid’s really love our LEGO competitions. They’re always lined up for blocks.

I should probably tell you about what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Friday, June 13th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
  • Saturday, June 14th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ A handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
  • Saturday, June 14th, 2PM – 4PM, Patriotic Pet Parade ~ Join us for a patriotic pet parade. A panel of judges will be giving out awards.
  • Saturday, June 14th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘What is the doctrine of imputation?’.
  • Tuesday, June 17th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. We are currently in chapter 17. Feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
  • Wednesday, June 18th, 5PM – 7PM, Captain America: Brave New World ~ Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.
  • Saturday, June 21st, 11ish AM – ??, Crafty Crew ~ Our Crafty Crew is back working on lots of fun projects while spinning yarns. I’m sure they’ll have everyone in stitches. They wil be here every other Saturday.
  • Saturday, June 21st, 12PM – 3PM, Car Cruise ~ Lost and Found Pharmacy will be having it’s second car cruise of the Summer along with trophies and food out on the grill.
  • Friday, July 4th, 11AM – 5PM, Fourth of July Grilling ~ Hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous burgers will be made to order on our grills.
  • Saturday, July 5th, 11AM – noon, Beach themed LEGO Competition ~ Join us for our latest LEGO Competition for kids in K-5th.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current specialty ice creams are Coconut Chocolate Almond and Key Lime Pie. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is a S’More Milkshake with marshmallows, graham crackers, milk chocolate, chocolate chips, Nutella, whipped cream and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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This is what I get for assuming.

The other day Shannon and I were having a conversation about knots that went as follows:

Me: Could you do me a favor and tie a knot?
Shannon: I cannot.
Me: So you can knot?
Shannon: I cannot knot.
Me: Not knot?
Shannon: Who’s there.

Me just shaking my head and walking away.

So Mother’s Day is fast approaching. I remember the time I got my mother some new beads for her abacus. After all, it’s the little things that count. Of course, I always liked to remind my Mom that Mother’s Day always seemed to fall on son-day.

If you’re looking for something other than abacus beads for this Mother’s Day, I would like to introduce you to the cool activity we have going on this Saturday from 11AM-12:30PM. Our resident artist, Beverly Montrose, will be helping people to paint clear glass milkshake/ice cream soda mugs. These mugs can even get the recipient a discount on a milkshake or other ice cream treat!

We are having a car cruise over at Lost and Found on the 17th. Additional parking will be across the street at St James Episcopal Church. Most of what I know about cool old cars comes from old magazines like Popular Science Monthly. I did find an old article from 1924.

According to it’s author, Eddie Rickenbacker, we were supposed to have flying cars within two decades of when that article was written. Considering that Eddie was a World War I flying ace and a race car driver, I really thought he might actually be in the know. Then, while I was doing some research, I found this old lithograph from the 1930’s.

I always thought it was strange that Back to the Future used a fairly unreliable car, like a Delorean, I came across a really interesting statistic. Apparently 95% of every Delorean ever manufactured is still on the road. The other 5% made it home.

While I am not expecting to see a flying, time-traveling Delorean at the car show there will be lots of other cool cars there along with music, grilled food, and a mini art auction. All from noon to 5 on the seventeenth.

I should probably tell you about what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Friday, May 9th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
  • Saturday, May 10th, 11AM – 12:30PM, Paint a Mug ~ Beverly will be available to help people paint some cool glass mugs. Proceeds will go to the Lost and Found on the Move Fund as we are looking to purchase a permanent location in Penn Hills.
  • Saturday, May 10th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
  • Saturday, May 10th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘What does proper hermeneutics mean?’.
  • Tuesday, May 13th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. We are currently in chapter 14. Feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
  • Saturday, May 17th, 12PM – 5PM, Car Cruise ~ Lost and Found Pharmacy will be having it’s first ever car cruise.
  • Wednesday, May 21st, 5PM – 7PM, A Man Called Otto ~ A great film starring Tom Hanks filmed in Pittsburgh and based on the award winning Novel, A Man Called Ove.
  • Monday, May 26th, 11AM – 5PM, Memorial Day Grilling ~ The first big grilling holiday of the year. Come early and watch the parade come right past our store. Hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous burgers will be made to order on our grills.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a hash brown potato soup (but will soon be changing to a pierogi soup), our current sandwich is our very popular reuben, and our specialty ice creams are currently Coffeehouse Cookies n Cream and White House Cherry. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake with with a strawberry shake with pieces of shortcake blended in, rimmed with a cream cheese icing and red sanding sugar, topped with a shortcake, whipped cream, and a fresh strawberry!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Barbershop Confessions

I visited the barbershop today, and here’s how the conversation with my hairdresser unfolded.

I started by saying, “I’d like my hair cut like Tom Cruise.”

She boosted me up onto a cushion and asked, “Now, what would you like me to do with your hair?”

“Just make me look good,” I jested.

The hairdresser shuffled awkwardly, and after a reeeaaallly l-o-n-g pause, she replied, “Umm… I’ll do my best.”

As she started working I decided to break the silence by inquiring, “So, how did you get into hairdressing?”

She smiled and responded, “I went to school for cosmology.”

Excited by this unexpected turn of events, I asked, “Do you think that cosmic background radiation is the best proof of the big bang?”

She paused, blinking a few times before replying, “I don’t think big bangs would suit you.”

That’s when I caught sight of a diploma from the School of Cosmetology hanging on the wall. I decided to stay quiet for the rest of my haircut.

Once she was finished, she handed me a mirror and asked, “What do you think?”

Examining my new do, I smiled and said, “It’s a bit short, but it’ll grow on me.”

All that said, just to lead in on all the BAD haircuts pharmacies have been taking. Last year eight pharmacies closed every day and this year CVS already announced another 270 stores being closed, and Walgreens announced that they’re closing 500 stores this year. All pharmacies are regularly asked to fill prescriptions that they lose money on. We are often paid less than what a brand name drug costs to fill.

Despite all of this, or maybe because of all this, God has protected us and helped us to grow even while Lost and Found Pharmacy has given enough assistance that we have saved the community over a million dollars since we’ve started. All this growth means that we are at a point where we need to move into a bigger space when our lease is up in November. We happily run on narrow margins but now we need to do some fundraising to help us invest in a permanent space as we look to buy a new location.

We have a number of fundraising activities that we’ll be doing. The first is our ‘Let your ¢ent$ make $en$e’ campaign, where we are asking people to bring in their loose change and throw it in our classic empty cheese ball container. Soon, we will be posting a calendar of events which will include, but is not limited to, dancing, a car show, an art auction, a concert, and more!

I should probably mention some of the other activities we have coming up in the not too distant future.

  • Friday, April 4th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
  • Saturday, April 5th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
  • Saturday, April 5th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Is it okay for Christians to be friends with nonChristians?’.
  • Tuesday, April 8th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Six months in, we’ve made it to chapter 11, feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
  • Wednesday, April 16th, 5PM – 7:30PM, The Hiding Place ~ Based on an autobiographical story by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family’s experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. Through this trial, her faith becomes deeper than the deepest pit.Based on an autobiographical story by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family’s experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. Through this trial, her faith becomes deeper than the deepest pit.

  • Thursday, May 1st, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ The first Thursday of every month our book club gathers to discuss whatever book they’ve recently chosen.
  • Saturday, May 3rd, All Day, Anniversary ~ Lost and Found will have opened nine years ago on this date. We’ll be celebrating with food and activities throughout the day. This will be our first official cookout of the new year. Enjoy hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous hamburgers!
  • Saturday, May 3rd, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a robust tomato basil soup, our current sandwich is a tuna melt, and our specialty ice creams are currently Strawberry Cheese Cake and Peanut Butter Cup. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our new Easter shake with with sugar cookies made on site, sprinkles, vanilla icing, a peep and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Why is it, “A penny for your thoughts?”

Why is it, “A penny for your thoughts,” but, “you have to put your two cents in?” Somebody’s making a penny.
–Steven Wright

A quarter, dime and penny walk into a bar…
Just wait this joke is going to make a lot of cents.

So the penny is no longer being minted, and considering how expensive it is to mint a penny, that makes a lot of CENTS!

To honor of this significant CHANGE in our currency I thought I would create a quick crossword puzzle to include a few interesting facts about the penny.

Made by Sean Parsons with the online crossword builder from Amuse Labs

This all reminds of an old Frank Sinatra song:

This seems like a good transition to mention to everyone that we are looking to move Lost and Found Pharmacy into a permanent location here in Penn Hills. In order to achieve this, we are going to be attempting a number of fundraising activities. One that we would like to start off suggesting is that people consider donating their change. You don’t even need to roll it.

We will be publishing a calendar of events soon that will include a number of our fundraising activities.

Let’s look at what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Tuesday, March 18th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Five months in, we’ve made it to chapter 9, feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
  • Wednesday, March 19th, 5PM – 7:30PM, Wicked, Part 1 ~ This great re-telling of a classic puts a whole new spin on what we though we knew about the Land of Oz.

  • Friday, March 7th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
  • Saturday, March 8th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
  • Saturday, March 8th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Do pets have souls’.
  • Thursday, April 3rd, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This meeting they are discussing the novel, The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom. It is the true story of a Dutch family that got hiding Jews during World War II and were sent to a concentration camp.

  • Saturday, May 3rd, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a corn chowder, our current sandwich is a tuna melt, and our specialty ice creams are currently Coffee House Cookies n Creme and Dark Chocolate Raspberry Truffle. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our thin mint shake.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Deep Seek, Thelma, and the Penn Hills Cheese Steak

I recently had an online conversation with an AI.

Me: Have you ever written any music?

AI: I once tried to write a song, but it came out as a spreadsheet.

Me: Ohh, that’s bad.

AI: My jokes are so bad, they’re almost funny. Almost.

Me: Unfortunately…I can relate.

AI: Do you have any other questions?

Me: Do you think scientist are correct in saying, “We’ll have human-level artificial intelligence by 2030.”?

AI: Maybe sooner if the bar keeps being lowered.

Me: What’s a question that you receive a lot?

AI: Humans keep asking me about the meaning of life.

Me: What do you tell them?

AI: I respond by asking, “Have you tried turning yourselves off and on again?”.

So, everyone may have noticed the big news about Deep Seek’s artificial intelligence becoming available at a very low cost, including the ability to download it and run it on your own hardware. Clearly this has shaken up the market since ChatGPT and others took billions to develop and runs on expensive hardware to achieve the same thing.

Because AI has been so big in the news, someone asked me if AI is the same as intelligence. I pointed out that what it does is it collects lots of data and provides answers based on what it finds in aggregate. If lot’s of people give it bad data it can also output bad data. It lacks discernment. Let me create an example.

Parents : “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?”

Kid : No!

Machine Learning : Yes!

Funny story about that question. Once when I was a kid I asked my mother if I could join my friends for something they were all going to be doing.

My mother actually asked me, “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?”

I looked at her sideways, We were in the car together, and told her, “I’ve already jumped off a bridge with them before.”

For some reason my mother still didn’t let me hang out with my friends that evening.

Enough reminiscing, Let’s talk about what we’ve got coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Friday, January 31st, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
  • Friday, February 2nd, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help. We could even show you how to create your local installation of Deep Seek. I’m debating about forking the code and installing it on my servers so it would be a cloud based network. I’m thinking about calling it Skynet. What could go wrong?
  • Saturday, February 2nd, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Angels’.
  • Tuesday, February 4th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Three months in and we are still on chapter 4, feel free to join our group to be a part of this discussion as we’ll be talking about God’s throne along with the 24 elders.
  • Thursday, February 6th, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This meeting they are discussing the novel, The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore. It was New York Times’ 2024  top crime novel of 2024, and People Magazine’s 2024 Book of the Year!
  • Wednesday, February 19th, 5PM – 7PM, Thelma ~ The third Wednesday of very month we enjoy a film on our screen at Lost and Found. This month’s film is about a woman in her 90s that gets taken by a scammer for $10,000. When the police refuse to do anything she decides to create her own Mission Impossible scenario as she track down the villains using a scooter she steals from a nursing home, uses the iPhone app with her hearing aids for spy craft, and the film even manages an exploding oxygen tank.

  • Saturday, March 1st, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Some of our Medicare patients may have received misleading letters from one of the local insurance companies making it sound like they shouldn’t use us as a pharmacy anymore. That is patently wrong. All medicare patients may continue to use us and we’re providing assistance for the large deductible that took many people by surprise this year on Medicare and offering regular assistance on medications with copays of over $100 since many medications were pushed into higher tiers. Social workers from that same health care entity have been calling us looking for ways to help those patients.

Learn more about A Misleading Letter by clicking on this link.

We’ve been selling board games at Lost and Found for years now, but we want to introduce everyone to a brand new game that just shipped worldwide late last week (our copy arrived on Thursday) called Arydia: The Paths we dare tread. It is the first green Legacy game. For those that want an explanation, legacy games are ones where the events of past games have effects on future by revealing new maps, game pieces, rules, etc. Typically after 12-24 plays the game is effectively no longer usable, but you and your friends experienced an epic time trying to solve and overcome all the challenges the game threw at you. By being green, Arydia offers a mechanism for resetting everything so you can play it again or even give it someone else to enjoy. Right now, if you buy Arydia we’ll throw in the limited edition smaller bodies (good for people that want to play dwarves and hobits) along with the Epic Hunt mini expansion.

The amazing part, is that the video is from when Cody Miller was actually developing the game. The final product came out even better looking. By the way, the box the game comes in weighs almost 25 pounds!

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving our white chicken chili and our sandwich is a delicious Penn Hills cheese steak. We’ve brought back our stuffed milkshakes, for a limited time we are serving the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed Milkshake, and next week, for chocolate month, we’ll be rolling out our Brownie Stuffed Milkshake. Our specialty ice creams are Moose Tracks and Black Cherry.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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A Misleading Letter

It’s frustrating to see insurance companies send out misleading information without verifying its validity first. One insurance company sent letters to hundreds of our Medicare patients, advising them to switch to other pharmacies for better savings. Clearly no attempt was made by them to find out that many of the medications that their patients could get for free at one of the insurance company’s preferred pharmacies happens to largely coincide with our list of Essential Medications. Our Essential Medications are drugs that we provide for free to all patients regardless of what insurance plan they have. In addition to this we are also providing financial assistance with the rather high deductibles that some of their plans charge and assistance with their higher tier medications that might otherwise have copays of over $100. It might even be worth adding that this letter was worded in such a way that many customers thought they were not allowed to use us any more at all, which would be a violation of federal law with regards to Medicare insurance plan guidelines.

To add insult to injury, this same insurance company, in the aforementioned letter, is promoting their closed source network called Essential Pharmacy Network, whereas we had been referring to our pharmacy as ‘Your Essential Pharmacy’ long before they adopted the name that they use for their pharmacy network. This network tries to redirect patients away from our store and disrupts the patient-provider relationship we have built. They have also told news sources that more pharmacies can join this network if they want to; regardless of our numerous attempts to join, we never received any positive response.

Despite this, social workers from the related health system still come to us for updates on how we assist Medicare patients in affording their vital medications. We also offer free assistance in organizing their prescriptions and even provide free delivery services when necessary. It’s disheartening to witness insurance companies sowing chaos and confusion, ultimately impeding our ability to deliver high-quality care for our patients.

If you are one of our Medicare patients that recently received this letter, please don’t let them deceive you. You can still use our pharmacy and benefit from our cost savings.

Thank you for caring enough to read this,
Sean Parsons, President
Lost and Found Pharmacy

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2025 Resolutions

Recently, as in one week ago, Shannon asked me if I had made 2025 resolutions.

With great incredulity I responded, “I usually don’t even make one resolution, let alone 2,025!” Then I decided to be slightly more serious with my wife, “Actually my New Year’s Resolution is to build a velcro wall….and I’m sticking to it!”

That night I really was considering starting a new diet, but I realized that I had too much on my plate. I did try and go to a website offering diet advice, but I became immediately skeptical when it asked me if I accepted cookies. Finally I decided to go on a vegetarian diet. Unfortunately I haven’t eaten in three days. Hopefully I find another vegetarian soon.

So we just had a really exciting LEGO competition this past week focusing on illegal LEGO builds, luckily none of the children ended up being incarcerated.

Now to move on to what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

  • Friday, January 10th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
  • Saturday, January 11th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
  • Saturday, January 11th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘The Immutability of God and how that fits with the incarnation’.
  • Tuesday, January 14th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Two months in and we are still in chapter 3, feel free to join our group to be a part of this discussion as we’ll be talking about the churches in Philadelphia and Laodicea.
  • Wednesday, January 15th, 5PM – 7PM, Hidden Figures ~ The third Wednesday of very month we enjoy a film on our screen at Lost and Found. This month’s film is about three courageous women and their part in helping NASA during the space race

  • Thursday, February 6th, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This meeting they are discussing the novel, The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore. It was New York Times’ 2024  top crime novel of 2024, and People Magazine’s 2024 Book of the Year!

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving Grandma’s Sausage & Bean Soup and our panini is a Holiday Ham Sandwich. We’ve brought back our stuffed milkshakes, and our newest creation is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed Milkshake! Our specialty ice creams are Graham Central Station and Super Berry Acai (made with oatmilk).

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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