The Community, Connections & Commerce Podcast, presented by OUE & St. Clairsville Chamber - Community and Connections Season 2 Episode 15 with ColorMeMadd

Episode Date: March 19, 2026

Welcome back to Community and Connections. I'm one of your co-host, Drake Watson, along with Sam, who's with me this morning. Good morning. And we are thrilled to be joined by Rosie Johnson of Color Me Mad. Rosie, how are you this morning? I'm great. How are you? We are doing quite well.

We're excited to talk to you about all things. Hair, one of the things. Hair and beauty. Yes. Right up Jake's Alley. Provide some, I could use it. So first of all, talk to us about your business, Color Me Mad, Bethesda address, but you guys are on the edge of Morristown, correct? Correct, yeah.

And then kind of how you came to be involved with that and what you're hoping to accomplish with it. It's kind of a background, if you will. Okay. I have been a hairdresser for about 15 years. I've worked at some amazing salons. Studio East. Virgil Yingling was my best. boss and then I went to Alta, which I stayed there forever. I had some amazing bosses there,

Becca and Aaron, and they gave me the opportunity to become a manager there. But then COVID hit. And it was really devastating. I started losing staff. We weren't working. And I have been with my team, most of them for about seven years. And I couldn't keep them together. So I was like, I think we're going to do this thing and start a salon. So I got everybody together. We were in agreeance. And like one of the things my dream was I used to be a mental health tech. Okay. So I was like, I want to combine both of the things that I really love to do because even being a hairdresser, I still missed being a mental health tech. I loved that. But my passion was being a hairdresser. So I merged it together. And I just made something new. I made Color Me Mad. And then I also wanted to give back to my community and offer,

you know, sensory haircuts and things like that. So we were just like a little bit of out of the box. Like we're mad. We're all mad there, you know, we're all crazy fun. How do you, and obviously I've never been, how do you combine, if you could get into the details and the intricacies of combining mental health and hair and beauty, those two things that I would not have expected to kind of be under the same roof. What's your, not only your thought process behind achieving that, but what does that look like inside the walls of Color Me Mad? I mean, honestly, I think everybody just wants to feel beautiful. I mean, and I think everybody deserves to feel beautiful, whether you're, you know, a typical person or if you're somebody that does have sensory issues or

if you, you know, have some mental health things going on, like depression, like, you know, we might have to demat somebody. It's not like they want to be that way. It's, you know, that's just how they were created. And we want everyone to feel, like, beautiful. But I think the main thing is, is what any business should have is, like, empathy for their clients and, you know, their guests and things like that. So it's actually really easy. Everybody wants to be beautiful. We want to make everybody beautiful and it's not hard. So you're, the way I understand. that is you're kind of offering this, I guess, safe space, if you will, for folks, and nobody's perfect.

You know, folks with, you know, maybe let's say things going on for them to not only come and get whatever they want, you guys provide a, you know, a multitude of services, but also feel like they belong there and that they're comforted and really combining those two. That's really cool stuff. Yeah. So talk to us about the services that you guys provide for somebody who might not be aware. I'm going to interrupt first. Yeah.

And I'm going to full, I go to, color me mad with Rosie. What is my girl's name? Jayce? Yes. Yes. Gosh, sorry. But I have been there when small children have come in.

And a great example is autistic children. And they have a quiet room, correct? And they can go in there. That's a great example of working with somebody who, you know, may not like to be touched. Loud noises really. really triggers them, it scares them. So what they do really makes a difference.

And I think that's a great example of what they do do for kids. And it's very unique. I don't know of any other salon that does something like that. Neither did we. That's why we made it happen. Yeah. So you guys go above and beyond, you know, any salon or really any business offers the services of the business.

But you guys take that a step further and kind of, you know, that you guys put your hand out to folks that, you know, might be, you know, know, in need of it or somebody who could really use, I guess, that comfort environment. Yeah. So talk to us about, and that was a great question. As soon as she opened her mouth, I knew something much better than what I was going to ask is going to come out. Talk to us about the services that you guys provide. I know you guys obviously do hair and do a great job of it, but you guys do nails and other things.

I mean, yeah, we pretty much are a full service salon. I mean, in general, the salon, we will offer any of the services to anybody. But we color hair, we cut hair, we do men's cuts, we do kids cuts, we do nails, we have facials. We do have an aesthetic nurse practitioner. She's amazing. JG Cosmetics, so she runs out of our space too. We have everything.

We do also wig prosthetics there. so, you know, we're trained in that. So if you need a toupee or permanent hair, we're doing that. We're also working on our wig prosthetics. So that way, like for our cancer patients and people that have hair loss, they'll be able to come and use their insurance to pay for that. So that's like another big, big huge thing that we're trying to work out too. It's a lot of fun.

We just, we try to cover it all for everybody. Yeah, so that's what I was going to get into. Next. You guys sound like anything that falls under the umbrella of. I guess beauty, you would call it. Drake, do you know what aesthetics is? Aesthetic? What falls under that?

As far as relating to the human person, no. Okay. I do know fall aesthetic. That looks, you know, with the leaves. And, you know, that's one of my favorite aesthetics. So, for example, she mentioned JG. That is like the Botox, the lip fillers, that kind of. Correct.

Yeah, hair removal. But she does things also for, like say you have like TMJ. she can do something for that there you know there's just different ways there's so much she does crazy amount of things she's so talented i go to her for my migraines yep she she does that pressure yep yep yep it's botox and it's a nice little perk let's all be completely honest but the botox has been something that has been a game changer for me with with sinus uh and light sensitive light sensitivity migraines right wow see see and i i i don't know going to learn you something today. I hope and pray that the majority of people listening are kind of

like me and they're, you know, eager to learn and listen. And I'm not entirely sure when this will end up coming out. I imagine sometime early 2006. Yeah. But I hope at that point, whenever it comes out and we'll let you know when that happens, that you guys get an influx of people that want to come in and experience the services that you provide. And speaking of that, you guys seem to offer everything under the umbrella of beauty. Was that something that has always been in your mind like kind of your dream, your vision from years ago? Or was that something that just, you know, you got into it and then it made more sense, well, we should offer this, we should offer that. Or was that something that was always there? I mean, I actually let my community decide.

Like, it's a, it's a really, it really depends what they want. If they ask for something, you know, we listen and we try to give it to them. So if they, they're like, hey, we want to, we want pedicure chairs. And I'm like, all right, well, we'll get them. And then we do. So I mean, honestly, I wouldn't be able to do that without the support of my community. I have an amazing, amazing community around me. They all support us all the time. Well, and speaking of community, we talk about obviously community and connections that goes without saying. But do you guys get folks, obviously, I imagine your stylists and everybody who interacts with customers to make it feel like a comfortable place, I would imagine they're having conversations with their clients and they're talking to them and almost getting to know them if they're going to be. become a regular. How much of that gets back to you and how much of that do you sense is people from

all around the community coming in and I know you have an employee from Weirton and we'll get into that. But do you see a lot of people from maybe the outskirts of the valley or places that are not just in central Belmont County that come and, I guess, utilize your services? 100% I mean our sensory Sundays that we do do I mean we have people coming from everywhere like somebody tells somebody and then they end up coming they come try it out I mean we're able to book them out for six to eight weeks and they come back they're like we we don't care this is comfortable you guys have made it easy and I think that's the main thing it's word of mouth that really travels for us and I mean the hospital

have been talking about us. I mean, they're literally tell people down there. I'm just amazed when I hear back, like, how people have heard about us. It's wild to me. This episode is brought to you by Spreaker. The platform responsible for a rapidly spreading condition known as podcast brain. Symptoms include buying microphones you don't need, explaining RSS feeds to confused relatives, and saying things like, sorry, I can't talk right now. I'm editing audio. If this sounds familiar, you're probably already a podcaster. The good news is, Sprinker makes the whole process simple. You record your show, upload it once,

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I think one of the things too is you guys have an incredible building that looks great from the outside. As I was looking into kind of what everything was and preparing for the conversation, you know, I obviously wanted to know where you were. And so I look on the map. And I think to myself, that's the nice building that's at the edge of, because you guys are right where, correct me, if I'm wrong, where 40's going along. And then there's that road that goes back into Morristown and those connect. And there's that like corner there.

You guys are right there, right? And that's a great looking building. and anybody who's going through that area, I'm sure has seen it. Have you gone to the, you haven't been on the inside. I have not been on the inside. The inside is gorgeous.

And the way that you have laid it out, Rosie, you mentioned community. Excuse me. That is what, that's what the interior is like. It's not sectioned off like per stylus. It's one big open room. So it's this big community of,

when I've been there, pretty much females. And everybody's just chit-chatting. It's very, it's very community driven and that's the one thing about being a hairstylist I've always thought is the relationship that you have

with your customers you've got to remember their kids and their family and they've just got made all those life achievements or those life stages they stay with you they know you you become community together and that's how she's laid out the interior too along with an Allison Wonderland theme

which is really cool I mean honestly that was chosen for, you know, in mind prior because of Allison Winterland. And if you've watched it, you might not get it, but if you've read it. So like when the Cheshire cat says, you know, we're all mad here, he, in the books, it's not the same as the movie, but it's, they're not all crazy. I mean, they're just, they're all different. That's what he, he tried to say, they're all different. And that's like our motto, we're all beautifully different. So that's how we have our autism. We have our, I don't want to say really typical people.

I don't think anybody's really typical, but I mean, we just, everybody deserves, you know, to feel beautiful and, you know, just all be treated the same. And that's what we're about there. Yeah, that's great stuff. I'm imagining, like, you could go and get, let's say, your hair done or your nail stone or whatever. And there's people next to you and you can say, you know, what are you having done today? Or what are you doing this for? Why are you getting your hair styled? What's coming up? What's, happening? What, you know, what's your inspiration behind that? Last time I was there. It just fosters conversations, I feel like. Last time I was there, a couple of her younger stylist, I was working while she was doing my hair, and I brought up a particular band that was going to be here at the Capitol. I had never heard of them. And they lost their minds. They're like, I think it was in this moment. I think that's who it was. Like, oh my God, oh my God. So from there, it then sparked a conversation about like the different genres of music and generations and that. And

went from there. But because I happen to say, has anybody heard of this, these two young girls ended up, I think, going to the show like, we're going to get tickets and, you know, otherwise they wouldn't have known about it. And that's if it wasn't laid out the way it is physically, that

conversation probably never would have happened. Wow. Right. I mean, I've, when I built the salon, I made the stations if anybody would go on and look at it where we're all together. Like, it's one huge station, two chairs, you know one sitting across from each other and because I don't want to be in a corner I don't want

anyone to ever feel like they're in a corner so I just like us all together so our days go really really quick because everybody talks to each other if you're doing something somebody else is talking like you're never alone it's it's always a good time and trust me my girls are hilarious I mean we we have a good time yeah I mean the great TikTok page yeah you can come check us out on TikTok We're funny. I'll just say flash dance. Oh, yeah. We made it to behind the chair.

Like, look, for a hairdresser, that is like the epiphany of going to, like, for a sports guy, I guess what is that when you go to the playoffs or the, yeah. So we actually, first year out, made it to behind the chair over one of our TikToks. We submitted it. And it was actually flash dance. So we just recreated it, salon style. And we made it. We made it in the top 100.

It's kind of like making it to the SBs. Okay. Yeah. I mean, but this is worldwide. This is every country in the whole world. So we actually made it. And it was pretty cool. We always try to do.

That's just us, though. I mean, we have a good time together. So it makes it fun. That's any job that I've done, whether I wanted to be there or do the work or not, it's always been made better by just talking to the people that I'm working. with it helps when those people are tolerable and like-minded and that's kind of the the feeling that I'm getting from from your place and stories like what what Sam just said have to make you feel just great about you know what you guys are able to offer for the community you know there's

some folks that might think okay we're going to talk about a hair salon we're going to talk about beauty but how does that tie back into community and connections and I think thus far in the first 15 or so minutes I mean that's very evident how community building it can be and just how driven it is by those connections. How do you, Rosie, doing what you do every day, number one, I think there's a physical element that a lot of people don't realize. My sister-in-law is a stylist in Columbus, and she has a lot of physical stuff from being on her feet all the time. I think that's one thing people don't recognize. And then the other has to be staying on trends. It seems like, especially for

females. There's always something new. Something's changing. How do you stay on top of all of that? I mean, education. I really, really stress that to my girls, too. And I, and for me, if I have booth runners and I also have commissioners. So I'm what they call a hybrid salon. I'm not trying to hold anybody back. I would rather keep my team regardless if they want to work for me or, you know, pay me to work inside of the building. We're always going, I've always going. I would. would think hopefully stay together um but education's a big thing so I pay for a lot of certifications um I make sure that we are at the top of our game that's one of the big things and like honestly I go to to a massage therapist every two weeks so my back hurts my arms hurt I do work

from nine to seven every day six days a week I'm there I might not be doing hair all the time but most of the time I am and if not then I am educating my girls so we we have a few new ones um but I like really take pride into taking them in and helping them out and get them getting them on the top of their game yep the mentor process 100% and I love it so I know some people I think I'm crazy for that but I'm like bring give me all the newbies like give them to me and let me help them out and train them and you know mold them shape them and they just fit in like you did you did you have one? Did you have a mentor? Honestly, when I worked at Studio East, I worked with the JCPenney girls. I don't know. We had JCPenny's at the mall. And they were called the million dollar

girls. So when I was in hair school, my one hair teacher actually worked there. And she was like, you know, you should come work with us. So I did. And honestly, they taught me so much. Like, they knew everything of everything, anything. They would let me watch. They would let me mix. So, yeah, they were my mentors all of them and my bosses that I've had I've just been blessed I've had really great bosses like and I think that's like the thing with me I hope to live up to their expectation with that so they instilled that in me they're great Virgil's passed away he helped me actually with my salon when I was like building it he was like interested in like hey maybe we should do this and unfortunately he passed away before you could see it but you know

I think he's with me every day I I love that man he was awesome. How long has your place been open? So 10-6 this year will be two years. Okay. Yep. Okay. Yep. So you got, I mean, you guys a lot of stuff and a lot of, I guess, notoriety. And as you said, just a little bit ago, I mean, just in the first couple of years, not even that has got to feel great for you. You talked a few moments ago about relating it to to the sports world and that's kind of more so for my convenience so that I'm able to understand some things but one of the things I wanted to talk to you about is your hiring process and I have to imagine what goes into that is you think about it from a talent acquisition standpoint

and you're looking for people who you know want to be there they want to buy in and they also have great services that they can provide and they're very talented of what they do what is it from from start to finish what is the process like of of hiring and somebody to work for you? Well, for me, I've had, again, amazing stylist, so I've had a lot of them for a long time. So adding a new one in is like, it's always like a nervous thing because you just never know how one one's going to go. But my girls are super nice.

So it's not a catty atmosphere. So typically I like, if for say like my esthetician, she sat in with me and I was like, this is going to be your baby. So like we got to figure it out. So she really, you know, we just sit down and talk to them. See how their personality. We ask them questions, you know, to make sure they're knowledgeable. And then again, like Lexi would make sure that is her baby. She is going to train her to be exactly what we want to do or want her to be like. And like for hairstylists, I mean, honestly, they, it really is about their talent. Like, as a hairdresser these days, you have to take pictures. So we can honestly see what they're doing. A lot of,

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I can kind of scout. They use their social media a lot. So, you know, I've had people that I've actually sought. I'm like, she's mine. I want her. Bring her here. She looks fun. That's in Bridgeport, correct?

Yeah, correct. So the way, like, the way I think about this is like, you know, the hair schools are like the high schools and you guys are almost like the college and you're recruiting the talent to come play. to come work for you. Yeah. And I think that's kind of fascinating because it really like, you know, they need you, you need them. It's that kind of a relationship. But it's also something that you're hoping to, you know, I'd imagine, you know,

build into more of just a work relationship and something that, okay, you're really going to, you know, invest a lot of time and effort into this and you're going to work really hard at it. And, you know, when it's all said and done, you're going to offer a really great product and we're going to be really proud to have you. Yeah. She's like a talent scout. Yeah. It's like an NFL talent scout.

Honestly, I think a lot of them just see us. With shears. Yeah. I think they see like honestly our Facebook and our TikTok and I mean, that could be intimidating in itself. So I mean, they're getting to see us before we get to see them. So they kind of know like, okay, these girls like seem like they're fun or a little bit crazy.

So if they think they can come into that mix, they come. So there's that appeal. I know. Like, yeah. Like relatability, yeah. Like, they're not going to be able to be shy and, like, work for us because we are loud and we're like, we're just a big ball of energy. I've really can pride myself. Like, the number one thing that I hear when I come in there is, like, from people or if you look at some reviews, they tell us, like, what a good vibe we have in there.

And it, to me, that is like the most wonderful thing. Yeah. Like that people can pick up on where we really are happy salon. Like we're in. I don't even want to say that I have customers. I have guests. Like it's more like they just come in and they're like our guests. It's not like, you know, we're not.

Of course we're working for, you know, to get money. But like I don't feel like it's a transactional like relationship, you know. I think that's that extra step that we talk about that you take. Like you don't just provide the services. You're not just there for the, you know, for the cash out. You're there to provide, you know, a sense of community and a sense of well. welcome for these people that they can come in and really be your guest. To go back to, I guess, hiring people and looking at the people you have working for you,

if somebody is talented and they have, you know, they have a gift when it comes to doing whatever they might do if they end up working for you. What, how often, how do you most often find out about that? And what's the best way for them to sort of build their portfolio? Like, what's the best way for somebody to showcase their talent? make sure you see it and then try to try to develop that into the future well i mean tag us i mean you can tag us we'll look at it you know we'll follow you um but honestly it's just about taking pictures videos um we like to see the creativity like because we do do a lot of videos and stuff so

if they can like kind of match that vibe they're going to be a perfect fit like you can't have someone that never, that we have to do the work for them because I am busy. I do do a lot of the work. My girl Taylor, she helps out, like things like that, but we can't be there 24-7. So they have to have that kind of responsibility from the jump. So honestly, it's just about taking pictures and trying and doing like some things that are kind of out of the box. Like, you know, everybody, I feel like hairdressers, you know, we could be cookie cutter hairdressers and do a highlight. But like when you see like a beautiful balliage or like a fashion color, it's like a wow factor. So if they can handle something like that, then you know they can handle like your everyday

root touch up, you know? How do you, I've always wondered this. How do you manage expectations by guests? So I'm going to take us back a few decades. The Jennifer cut, the Rachel cut. Okay. No, we're talking decades. I'm talking Rachel from friends. It was this crazy hair. haircut, everybody wanted it. But how do you say to somebody when they bring in a picture from say Pinterest or whatever and say, I want this? I want to look like this. You're not going to look exactly like that person. No. And how do you say to them, you know, I don't know if that cut is going to flatter your facial structure or, you know, this person has a elongated face and you have a round baby face. It's not going to look the same. That's got to be a delicate dance.

It is, but I mean, you already kind, I mean, I guess you could be a hairdresser too because you get the idea. I mean, the whole point is, and it's quite simple. I mean, I think if you simplify it and you just tell someone like, hey, we, the whole goal in the hair world is to make your face, your shape look oval. So like, you don't want anything sitting at your, if you have a round face, you don't want it sitting at your chin or you want it above or below. I mean, if you just like simplify some things and then honestly, we have swatches of hair color. have a lot of people that are like, I want this dark hair, but then you put it up next to their skin and you just, they can visualize it. I think you can kind of push them kind of the way they need to go. Like, I'm never going to sit there and I will give anybody whatever they want, but I'm

never going to give someone Pinterest. Most of the stuff is AI on there, but I pull up my own phone and piece out things. If they're like really dead set on, like I want these face streaming layers, but then I get on there and then I show them. I'm like, okay, we could have this, but like maybe we start at a lower length or, you know, you can kind of tweak things that's going to make it, but if you just show them, then they kind of visually get the idea and you can go that way. So the Pinterest or AIs? A lot of them, yeah.

Like on, even on, you know, on your Facebook, things. Like people come in and they're literally computer generated. You can, we can tell. Right. And then plus, I mean. Facebook's so bad about it. I know. And like the blondes, the blondes, the white, silver hair, like, that is never going to happen. Or someone says like, oh, I got my hair color like from black to this in one sitting. No, that's, that's not real.

It's not. I mean, I do hope you guys get wigs. So if you want a wig, but it's not, it's not going to happen in my chair. We do sell this. Yeah. I mean, but honestly, we do have extensions. We have things that can give those things to people so they don't have to damage. I'm like that's the other thing in my salon. I'm all about integrity about the hair. And I'm not going to press my stylus or somebody's hair or make anyone feel uncomfortable to have to do that kind of service. We will say no if it's not going to work. I've got two things at least left.

First of all, both of which I just forgot. But men, like when you talked about like you want the face of your shape to be oval, like for men that. might be listening, they can be comfortable knowing that, you know, that's also beneficial to them, right? Like the haircut or whatever, or the style matters for them as well because they want their face to have the right shape and everything.

I mean, I think men, though, they typically either want to hide, like, I mean, let's face it, you have to have one gene to have, like, a balding pattern. Like, you know, women have to have both, from both sets of the parents. but I mean receding hair lines you know balding on the top so I mean typically it's just figuring out how to hide things like you know when they get older I mean a lot of flaws we yeah I mean to hide hey men age gracefully we don't talk about hiding things till I brought up men men age gracefully women

go to JG Cosmete so you know we we do whatever we can to try to stay beautiful yeah men men they they've they become like what is the what is the term silver-haired fox or they're not age aging they um oh what is the term it's true though yeah there's just different terminology used between between men and between men and women you know no they become more um wise yes they have this certain look about them where women are just getting old yeah men they get you know it's okay yeah we're all meant to get old but men just do it more graceful than you speaking of men's hair cut haircuts who decided it was a great idea to bring back the mullet i don't know that ties in i'm so glad you're said that could because that ties into the last thing I was going to get to. And that's like your

favorite and or least favorite trends. Like what is a trend that's like coming up recently in men or women that you are excited about and you love? Or what is a trend that has been lingering for a while that you just won't go away? You go home and you're like, can people stop asking for this? You might not be able to give an answer on some of those. Definitely mallets for me, but that is not the case for like Harley and Brittany. They love them. And Jess. They love them. But for me, I'm, but again, I'm not like a huge men's cutter. For me, my favorite thing, I could do highlights all day, but I don't really love the chunky highlights, the calico hair, I guess, because I have to correct that later, like when they don't want it anymore. So that's

probably my worst. That stripy look. Well, only because I have to fill it and do all this work to get it back to however else they want it, because it's all panels. So it's just harder to correct later for me. What about prom season with the updoes? Girl, we love prom. We love it. Don't you see our TikToks? We have so much fun with them. We have balloons and red carpet and everything.

Like we go all out for prom and homecoming and weddings. When you talk about like the highlights, like again, this is somebody who is completely ignorant to almost everything we've been talking about. But you want it to be like natural looking right? Not all the time. You said you don't like panels. I don't like. huge like stripes yeah I don't like like like three inch stripes like I don't like that I mean if you would just know it think of a calico cat and that's what they want like they want like bright blonde

a bright orange and a black like it's just like three different levels yeah like you're like bengals that is exactly what it looks like you think of that and that's what it is it's not that I don't like to look at it I just hate to fix it later I hate to color correct it's that good highlights looks like you've been sun-kissed. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's what I was getting at with, like, the natural. Like, it's almost like you're highlighting it so that it looks as though the sun is hitting it in a way that makes it just glisten. I just don't have to think about anything.

I've done it so long that I'm just like, oh, this is relaxing. So even if I could be having a bad day or I wanted to think about something, I can, it's like my body just knows what to do. I can just do it and I don't have to think anymore. That's where I need to be in life is I need to find something that I can just do and not think about it anymore. I know. My girl, J.C. crochets and does the harmonica. She has all these hobbies and everything. And I'm like, just let me highlight.

This is my relaxing time. What's the most interesting hobby or anything that's, like, not hair-related that kind of makes, that creeps its way into, like, I guess one of your girls who said plays the harmonica. JC is my biggest hobby, okay? Like, she is my wild child. She plays the harmonica? Yeah, she plays the harmonica. That's good stuff. Yeah.

She just actually is on that prison break, too. So she learned how to line dance. So right now she's mosaic, like doing the glass mosaics. I mean, she is like, she wears so many hats. She's, she's my favorite hobby, I guess. Like, generally I love being around JC. Just watching what she's going to do next. You live vicariously through her creativity.

That too. And like the weird things, like, you know, she gets her car detailed and her car's going off 80 miles per hour. And she can't figure it out why, but, you know, the mats on the gas pedal. gets towed by my husband. Those are the kinds of funny things. Like, I mean, what does really make its way in there? I don't know. J.C. definitely does.

She gives us all of our hobbies, really. We pick it up. I picked up her sticker book. She brought that in, and I'm like, oh, we're doing sticker books now. You love people who are just interesting, and they have things to offer, like, when you, just when you're talking to them. I think that's great. I actually, like, we all got puppies, too.

So that's been one of our projects. Talk of the salon. Yeah, our girl Brittany brings in her dog Tucker. I just actually am now fostering a puppy. So I'm really hoping to make her part of Sensory Sundays. She's actually deaf and she is hairless. So we're going to class. But we're going to be a star puppy.

And hopefully she'll bit right in for sensory Sundays. She's a hairdresser or hair silas with a hairless with a hairless dog and a hairless cat. Correct? Exactly. I knew that I wanted this dog. Is this the one you were looking at when I was there? Yes, it's been a long road, but I think we're good right now. And his name is, her name?

I don't have a name yet. We'll find out by the end of the week, because if I get to keep her, I don't know. She looks like a little piglet. She does, but the people that I'm going to class, because she'll learn hand commands like sign language, they told me I had to give her a real name. And I don't know. She's, I don't know. I keep thinking of Allison Wonderland names like Tilly from the book and had.

for the Mad Hatter, but my daughter really likes Estella, so I don't know. Esty. I mean, she could be short for Esty for our esthetician. My dog's name is Poo-Bair, so if you had a piglet, they're just, you know. I know. She does. My husband keeps calling her Miss Piggy and piglet. She can't hear us, so I mean. Yeah, I guess it doesn't matter. She's great. She did great last night. That's great. Well, it's great to have you on this morning. Some of our greatest hobbies while the microphone is on is community and connections. Rosie Johnson, we really appreciate your time this morning. What a great conversation. I learned a lot. I can't guarantee anything, but I just might, you know, walk in. I don't know. He's going to go in the mirror now and say,

okay, I'm going to get some highlights. What's the shape supposed to be here? I do know some people, though, that would love to, just from what you've told me and what we've talked about, you know, I know some people that would love to go to your place and you'll be the first one I recommend. But we appreciate Rosie Johnson for Sam and myself. This has been Community and Connections. for listening and we hope you have a great day.