2014 - The Year Of

• Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
• Russia invades Ukraine, taking Crimea in three days with no shots fired. Then Crimea votes to stay with Russia.  
• 777 airplane goes missing 
• Malaysia Airline shot down over Ukraine; 298 killed 
• In December, another Malaysia-connected airplane lost - 162 on board
• South Korean ferry sinks, killing hundreds
• Mudslide in Washington state, killing over 100
• Robin Williams dies 
• ISIS, the terror group, becomes part of our worries, as it starts executing people, recruiting Westerners, and threatening more.
• Ebola outbreak in West Africa 
• Philae spacecraft lands on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
• The final traffic light(s) removed from US 52 between Rochester and The Cities.
• First flight preparing for Orion trip to Mars 
• Fitbits
• The Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS research
• The US paid attention to the World Cup, which was won my Germany, over Argentina, in extra time: 1 - 0.  (That "0" is pronounced "nil" in soccer, and "soccer" is pronounced "football.)
• Sarah got her job teaching at Century High School; Sarah and Troy built their house, staying with us for part of the summer.
• Trips to Chicago, IL; Orlando, FL x2; Toledo, OH; Detroit, MI; Anaheim, CA; Austin, TX x2; Joplin, MO (by way ot Tulsa, OK); Minneapolis, MN x2; Las Vegas, NV; Stockholm, Sweden; London, England; Budapest, Hungary; Sapporo, Japan; Oslo, Norway; Zurich, Switzerland; Vienna, Austria ...
• Poison ivy
• Golfed Zero Times 
• Minnesota Vikings: 7-9; Teddy Bridgewater's rookie year - Bridgewater finished with 2,919 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a 6-6 record after being taken with the 32nd pick out of Louisville; finished the season with the third highest completion percentage for a rookie in NFL history (.644); Mike Zimmer's first year as coach.