Well, that’s it then, 2014 is coming to an end. And what a year it’s been! If you'd have told us at the beginning of the year that the mighty St. Helens RLFC would have become Super League champions having been crap for the last two seasons, we'd have never have believed you!
Anyway, without further ago, here are the rest of our personal highlights and lowlights of the past year. There are significantly more highlights than lowlights, thankfully.
Enjoy.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Our niece Charlotte and 'nephew' (not our real nephew) Benjamin coming into the world.
- Eurovision! We're still not entirely sure why they decided to hold it in an old shipping shed but, once the stage was set up and the lights were on, it did actually work. We do actually think a big arena would have still been better but it wasn't a bad effort this time round and, once again, DR didn't disappoint. Hope Vienna put on a spectacle for Eurovision's 60th birthday celebrations next year. Conchita was amazing!
- The World Cup. Germany won it overall and we mainly supported the Deutschers, although Anthony got France in his sweepstake as well, and Owen won a bag of goodies for winning his. He'd pulled Germany out of a bag when his colleague came to visit him whilst he was recovering in hospital and he deserved to win it after all he'd been through just a few short weeks beforehand (see the lowlights bit).
- Perving over the aforementioned Germans. (What?)
- Owen's birthday party. The drinks were basically flowing all day.
- Denmark winning the Scandinavian showdown against Sweden back in May. Again. This was also the night that Owen finally came out of his coma, which was nice.
- Arsenal winning the FA Cup and finally winning some silverware for the first time in God knows how many years!
- Copenhagen Pride. We spent it with our friends in the pouring rain (we were literally flooded EVERYWHERE the day after) but, as usual, we still enjoyed it.
- NOT getting to do that bloody ice bucket challenge. Seriously, every man and his animals seemed to do it, but one of us couldn't do it on medical grounds and the other simply refused to take part. Getting a bucket of icy cold water thrown over us just doesn't appeal to us. Sorry.
- Nick Griffin FINALLY losing his European Parliament seat and, inevitably, his job as leader of the British National Party. Hope the odious little toad enjoys obscurity.
LOWLIGHTS
- A week after Eurovision, poor Owen was involved in a hit-and-run crash on his way home from work and he spent the best part of 216 hours (or nine days) in a coma. Everyone from close family and friends to our online acquaintances prayed for him and urged him to wake up. Thankfully, he did, but he still has speech and memory problems a few months later and can't remember what happened to him. He probably never will.
- Realising that someone we know/knew caused the crash. We still haven't forgiven them and we never will.
- Daniel Agger moving back to Brøndby IF. As die-hard FC Copenhagen fans, this displeased us greatly when we heard, not least Owen who's had a crush on him for the past few years.
- Tranmere Rovers getting relegated to League 2. Bad times.
- A few celebrities we've liked that have sadly passed away over the past year. We'll never see the likes of Rik Mayall, Sam Kelly, Robin Williams, Joan Rivers or John Bardon again. May they all rest in peace.
And that's the wrap! And, just in case, we don't speak before, Happy New Year and all the best for 2015!
A & O. xx
