Today, after spending most of the day in Soda Springs helping out mother and dad, I was cold. I needed to warm up my bones! My first choice would be somewhere on the Caribbean, like my favorite brother and his wife who are currently sound asleep in their huge rental waterbed. A somewhat reasonable substitute is our hot tub in the back yard.

So, I turned it up to 105°, waited for it to get to temperature, and Nina and I spent some quality time getting watching the stars and getting toasty warm. That’s the fun part!

The other part is getting out in 25° temps in the snow, putting the top down and securing it, followed by a dash to the house. As I was gingerly walking on the snow drifted up alongside the hot tub, I thought of the lyrics to a song from my early teen years: Ooh-ee-ooh-ah-ah, ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang (repeated). Then I had to think about where the words came from.

The first thought was Sheb Wooley’s fun song: Purple People Eater (hence the title of this post). However, after getting dry and dressed and searching out the lyrics on the Internet, I found to my dismay that those words are not any part of Sheb Wooley’s song. Further searching found the lyrics were to David Seville’s Witch Doctor, of Alvin and the Chipmunks fame. A little snow = a quick trip down a faulty memory lane. Thank goodness for the Internet!

Sail safe and fun, Perry and Chris!