my first tribute post goes to:

APRIL AND CARL ROSENDALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let me assure my devout rosendale readers that this is a high honor not to be taken lightly or scoffed at. it is not merely an award but an entire post wholly dedicated to you. congratulations!

this week i had the awesome opportunity to speak with both of ann's parents. they were wonderful. i didn't chat too long with april but i could definitely tell that she was a lovely lady (carl assures me that is an accurate description). last night, i talked for a significant amount of time with carl. i say 'significant' because i'm not a phone person and anything longer than two minutes is significant to me. i am very pleased to report that ann's parents appear to be some of the privileged few people with whom i don't have awkward phone conversations. this is even more amazing because i have never met them. i mean, i have awkward phone conversations with some of my nearest and dearest friends but there are just some folks that are easy to talk with. i think maybe i need people with a little bit of randomness and that keeps the conversation going. now carl, i don't want you to think that me calling you a little bit random is a bad thing. quite the contrary, it is a highly esteemable trait in my opinion. the conversation had a nice flow with lots of variety.

so, per carl's suggestion, i downloaded some music by poco. from what i've heard, i like it. i haven't actually had an opportunity to sit and really listen but i will.

carl, how did your band play tonight? (i thought maybe you might comment for the first time since i dedicated the post to you and asked you a question! haha, no pressure!!)

i think april and carl are probably some pretty wonderful people and i look forward to getting to know them better as i spend the next three and half years with their daughter. also, i think they must be pretty awesome to have produced someone as awesome as ann. i think maybe this paragraph might be a little too warm fuzzy so i'm moving on ...

thank you april for reading my blog at least weekly!! thank you carl for reading my blog religiously!! you win!!