Monday Musings

“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.”—Bill Meyer

In other words - we reap what we sew.

Here's a new song from George Strait. It is kind of interesting as he sings about a breathe is not that important - it's doing things that take your breathe away.



Now who says I'm not much of a cook? Not only am I a great cook (lol) I can show you how to have fun with your kids (I got this off the radio), get them to eat, and take their breathe away too. Now when I showed the GS this - he said, "NO WAY!" Hamburgers in the shape of a turtle?





Happy Birthday to Melanie Griffith - wikipedia

At age 14, Griffith began dating 22-year old actor Don Johnson who co-starred with her mother in The Harrad Experiment, in which Griffith was an extra. The relationship culminated in a six-month marriage in 1976. Tatum O'Neal has alleged in her 2004 autobiography that around that time, she (then 12) and Griffith (then 18) participated in an opium-filled orgy in a Paris hotel room.

In September 1981, Griffith married Steven Bauer, her co-star in the TV film She's in the Army Now. They have a son, Alexander, born in August 1985. The couple divorced in 1987. Griffith later admitted to having problems with cocaine and liquor after her divorce from Bauer. "What I did was drink myself to sleep at night," she said. "If I wasn't with someone, I was an unhappy girl."

She checked into rehab in 1988. During this time she reconciled with Johnson, became sober and pregnant. They remarried in June 1989. Their daughter, Dakota Johnson, was born on October 4, 1989. She left him six years later because of his own substance abuse problems, reconciled with him, then left him again for her leading man Antonio Banderas from the film Two Much. They finalized their divorce in February 1996.

Griffith and Banderas have been married since May 14, 1996. Their daughter, Stella Banderas, was born on September 24, 1998. In 2000, Griffith had her husband's first name "Antonio" inside of a heart tattooed on her right shoulder. In 2002, the couple received the Stella Adler Angel Award for their extensive charity work.

Dakota Johnson followed in her mother's footsteps and served as Miss Golden Globe at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards ceremony. She has become an actress as well. Griffith herself was Miss Golden Globe in 1975, a role usually given to the offspring of a celebrity, often as a launching pad to break into show business.

Griffith has struggled with drugs and alcohol through much of her life. In 2000, she sought treatment for addiction to painkillers. She returned to rehab in August 2009 for substance abuse problems. She left three months later and underwent surgery for skin cancer in December 2009.

Discussing Griffith’s treatment in rehab, Banderas said in April 2010, “The whole family took part, Stella included. I was there three times a week at a stretch, and we participated in group therapy with our daughter. It strengthened our relationship in many ways. We participated very directly, all of us." Griffith’s son Alexander and daughter Dakota were there, as was her former stepson Jessie and Griffith's mother, Tippi Hedren, too.

Hope she's clear now.