I had some fun this morning creating a playlist of all the videos I’ve taken of my cat Jack from a site called Embedr.  You can create any kind of playlist using videos from Atom Films, Blip.TV” href=”http://blip.tv/” target=”_blank”>Blip.TV, College Humor, Dailymotion, Metacafe, TeacherTube, MySpace Video, Veoh, Vimeo, YouTube.

More sites will be added in the future.  All you have to do is put in the url or embedded code for each video to create your playlist.  I might create a playlist of my favorite music from 2008.  But for now, here’s Jack!

Source: ShutterstockTomorrow is the day when I fly off into the friendly blue skies, on JetBlue no less, to Cancun, Mexico.  Yeah!  I’ll be gone till next Friday and primarily plan on lying by the pool and beach, swimming — lots and lots of swiming, and hopefully some snorkeling.  I don’t have much money to shop though I would like a couple of nice Mexican blankets to put on my sofa to remind me of my travels.

While Cancun is primarily known for Spring Break, which I am missing thankfully, it also has some of the best scuba diving.  I haven’t been diving in years and being sick a lot this winter doesn’t have me in the best physical shape to go diving.  If I do feel good snorkeling I might take a mini dive to refresh my skills and see how that goes.  It would be great to go diving but my expectations aren’t unrealistic.

So, keep an eye out over the next week for videos and updates about my trip.  If you have been to Cancun let me know of any great restaurants or activities to try out.

Summer begins tomorrow but today reminded me of the summer days I had as a child filled with swimming, ice cream and plain old fun. The weather was perfect today to go to the pool and lie out in the sun with a good book and jump in the water any time I felt a bead of sweat on my body. The water was perfect, not too cold and not too warm. I stayed in and splashed around in the water with the kids at the pool. It was the beginning to the perfect day.

After spending a few hours at the pool it was time to take my dad out for ice cream. He loves Dairy Queen and their Strawberry Blizzard. He gets a large Blizzard and I get a small one. He’s bigger than me so he needs more to eat…

On the ride home we started to pass two girls in bathing suits, one on each side of the street. They were holding large squirt guns and as we passed they sprayed the car. You have to see my car, it is filthy and I decided to turn around and have them spray the car again to give it a washing. Well, the girls thought I was coming back to yell at them. All they saw was a 45 year old woman and my dad who is 80 in the car. As a kid what would you think?

They started running and my dad felt bad for them. I rolled down the window and let out a big laugh and one of the girls stopped. So I yelled out telling her I needed a car wash. The other girl came back and once again they stood on opposite side of the street and this time I drove slowly as they sprayed my car over and over again. My car is still filthy but I think the girls ended up with a brief tale to tell their friends about the middle-aged woman and old man who stopped for a car wash.

I dropped my dad off and came home. The fun of the day came to a halt for a time because I had work to complete for a client but will continue on this evening when I go and join in on Open Mic at Successful Blog at 7pm Chicago time. The topic for the evening is about toys. Come over and join in and have some fun.