Just wanted to drop you a note thanking you for getting that picture to us that we had recently asked for. Wow, that was fast! CandidCarrie.com is a big organization – but still very efficient. I thought you would be interested where we put it – you know that really well hung picture of Champ on the living room wall? The one you always admire when you stop in at the ranger house?! Well, we put you right next to it. We arranged it so that it looks like you’re waving to Champ with your hand and that big, hairy guy looks like he is winking back at you – like he’s really in to you. Can’t wait for you to see it.

Still don’t have anything lined up for sure for this summer. Elin came and picked Tiger up over the weekend. That’s one angry woman – still. Tiger kept asking me; ‘are you sure there aren’t any golf clubs in the car?’ She could go bear hunting with a switch and come home with two! I almost had to push him in the car. Well, atleast he’s gone now and Bret can have the room to himself . . . and his TV. Boy he got just a huge TV from Sears. Takes up most of the wall. Watching the Super Bowl yesterday – you should have seen him laugh when Payton Manning threw that late interception that lost the game for the Colts – just like he did two weeks ago . . . and the same guy intercepted both of those throws. He actually laughed so hard, he got hysterical. After about a half hour of it, we had to call the doctor and get him a sedative. Weird, huh?!!

Ranger Tom and Rangerette Champ

Where did my precious two comments go? An administration cut, or . . . those sensitive censor that are known to be on your payroll? (why is that question mark soo small? Is it especially cold tonight? There’s alot of mystery with CandidCarrie.com!

Your picture on the MilwaukeeMoms, Got Milk? is excellent – that’s the Carrie we all know and love – open, a little irreverent, but sweet, approachable, friendly, fun loving and ofcourse, hot. When Champ saw it, he want to get a photo from you that we could hang on the wall at the ranger house – it gets pretty slow this time of the year at the Stuckmann Wild Life and Camping Park and seeing that lovely picture would give us a lift.

Speaking of the Park – I haven’t had success yet in lining up entertainment for this upcoming summer. I suppose by now David has told you about Tiger Woods hiding out from the press, Elin, etc. It hasn’t been much of a problem for us – Champ bunks with me and Tiger has his room. I guess the only problem is that he never goes outside the house – just sits there all day long, looking at the golf channel and talking about Elin – how he doesn’t want her to leave him, how much he loves her and on and on. It gets kind of hard to be around after a while.

The latest news is we got a call from Bret the other day. He was talking about how much he enjoyed being at the park last year and if we would allow him to come starting on 2/7/10, maybe stay for a couple weeks. Seems he is having a hard time getting over the big loss in the championship game. Check with David and see what he thinks. We could maybe put him and Tiger in the same room (there is bunk beds in there already). He would like to hunt in the Stuckmann woods, fish in the creek – just kind of be alone for a while. I can’t believe how hard he’s taking that loss. I thought I would cheer him up a little when I said to him, ‘why are taking this so hard – hell you’ve been choking in big games for years’. It didn’t seem to help.

Atleast Tiger has had some good news since he’s been here. You know he’s lost a lot of his big sponship deals. Well, last week Frito Lay called and wanted him to push their products – the first ad will have Tiger on the front of a bag of Frito Lay chips – he’ll have a chip in his hand while saying ‘Lays, you can’t have just one’. Kind of catchy, huh? I think they call that truth in advertising.

So Carrie, check with David on Bret – it’s ok with Champ and me – and don’t forget to send that picture to the Stuckmann ranger house.

Tommy K and Champ

PS – our favorite holiday is coming up – Valentine’s Day!

‘I Once Had Your Body’ was a great read. To add to it – do you remember back in the day getting ready for lunch duty at LCA (how could you improve on perfection?) you happened to notice in the mirror the beginning of a ‘cleavage furrow’ between your eternally perky breasts? I must say you handled it well and with humor (but it did seem like you kept those kids in cleaning the floor well into recess).

Given we’re speaking of breasts (something I rarely do) remember the time you tricked me into revealing myself by writing about Miriah Carey? Did you happen to see her on the Golden Globes last night?!! Candid Carrie . . . how does that work?

Yea, Miriah Carey at the Stuckmann Adventure and Wild Life Park and Camping Emporium – those were the days. Bret and Aaron zooming around in Barbie’s Corvette. They sure liked racing around in that car. It made for more road repair at the park, but I didn’t mind – it allowed for more alone time with me and Barbie. Speaking of Miriah, I’ve got to start working on entertainment for this summers campers – we open Memorial Day – only about four and a half months from now. I’m sure we won’t be able to get Miriah now that she’s married. I was thinking maybe we could get good old ‘Mayor Bob’ and his sister-in-law to be an opening act. David could build a set to look like Brennan’s bar – I could get Doug to come as the bartender and over serve him and you know his wife, maybe get her to come make comments about him. It could be pretty funny. Another thought was to have David build some ramps which we would then line up some of the busses and campers and have ‘Uncle Dave’ come shooting in with one of his corvettes, fire up the ramp, sky over the busses and land just short of the woods on the other side. I’m just not sure if everyone would appreciate that as much as we would. I guess I’ll need a bigger main act . . . I’ll get back to you on that.

Have to go now and make sure the fire lanes are plowed open – but I’ll stay warm this winter knowing my little Care Bear still has a place for me in her kind and generous heart . . . Love, TK