Good morning, ladies and gentlemen: As many of you know; my grandson who is 14 years old, came to me and tells me that that he wanted to be like me and dress like me, wear cologne like me. His reasoning is that he sees how people notice and respect me wherever we go. (Yes, I'm having a proud moment), The one thing that I did, was to teach him the way I was raised; if you can smell yourself then others can smell you, now this can be in a good way or a bad way. Either way the point was personal hygiene is crucial to oneself. My grandfather raised us men in the family that you always wear some type of cologne; at the time the cheap thing was Brute 33 and Old Spice. Now, I am not going to spend hundreds of dollars on cologne for a 14-year-old boy unless he is on stage with his four brothers (the Jacksons Five, the older generation). But I wanted to teach him the same values I was raised with, so I buy the generic versions that I found of name brand colognes so he can learn and also build confidence in himself. I had to attend a parent teacher conference at his school, and I had never been in the school before nor have I met any of his teachers or the office staff, ( let me paint picture; I'm black and he is white) ( paint, lol sorry, I digress) but when I walked in everyone knew who I was and who my grandson was. In speaking to his teachers, all of them had one thing in common, they all complimented on how nice my grandson smelled every day and how they loved that he wore different fragrances all the time. Some teachers actually said, they have him sit next to them because he smells great all the time, (little creepy but I get it), some say they have him by the door, because unfortunately some kids do not have proper hygiene and the tend to bring that odor in the classroom with them so when other teachers and adults walk in they smell my grandson first, (again creepy but I get it). I personally get compliments all the time on my colognes and yes, even some made the comments" I am so glad you are here because someone has bad body odor." I have been to conferences where people have asked me to sit at their table because they had someone there that did not have a favorable odor on them.

So when your children are grown and move out, you think “finally the house to ourselves!” Nooooo…. We have to go and get not one, not two, but three little crumb snatchers. And then we have to fix one bedroom for them, but with their own beds, their own chairs, a television in their room, a salon for grooming, and a wardrobe with their clothes, yes they wear pajamas at night and clothes in the daytime. But the wife loves them, okay, okay I’m guilty as well. They are some funny characters. They actually love to watch Paw Patrol on their television, the sleep with their favorite toys in their bed . As ladies and gentlemen in the society, I know that many of you also have your favorite pets as well. So let’s have fun with this, post your pets and tell us a little about them. We have “Chloe’s Elizabeth Paris” who is 2 next Monday, “Yuri Jon Claude London” who just turned 1 year last week, and “Isabella Marie Valentino” who turned 2 in January. All are pure bred Bichon Frise~. Isabella is are newer addition that came to us about three weeks ago. Share with us your pets. What are your pets and how long have you had them. Let’s go!