Relaxing...

Day 22 - Charlotte, NC - Cloudy/Rainy Upper 50's: No Pictures

Undoubtedly one of our more uneventful days yet. We slept in...I didn't get up until 10am (with the alarm) which was a nice change. I headed out to the gym and Wal-Mart while Ben went out for a run around Andrea and Eric's house. After lunch Eric took Ben to his local haircut spot for a desperately needed haircut....we were on the way to a mullet which is completely unacceptable!! Andrea got home from work around 5:30 and after she and Eric met with the window man we enjoyed a great new recipe that she got out of her new Rachel Ray Magazine. It was soooo nice to just be able to take a day and hang out, we've been to Charlotte twice recently and so we didn't feel like there was a ton of stuff we HAD to see and being with family made everything even better.

Day 23 - Charlotte, NC - Cloudy Upper 50's:

Another relatively uneventful day, I woke up a bit earlier and headed to the gym again while Ben stayed home and caught up on Nip/Tuck. After lunch we headed to the US National Whitewater Rafting Center. It is quite a place! They have mountain biking trails, whitewater rafting (all man made), rock climbing, zip lines, whitewater kayaking, and flat water kayaking. Unfortunately they were not running the rapids while we were there but we knew that ahead of time. We went just for the ZIP LINE!!! It wasn't too big but it was a lot of fun. We paid for a one time trip but the guys were nice enough to let us go twice. We weren't able to get any pictures in the air ourselves but hopefully we will have one emailed to us soon as another lady got one and offered to send it to us!! After our zip line experience we headed back to Eric and Andy's where I (with some assistance from Ben) made a chicken parmigiana for dinner. Andrea and I spent the night watching a little So You Think You Can Dance, Biggest Loser, and 18 Kids and Counting while Ben worked on reading The Lost Symbol!

Day 24 - Charlotte, NC/Gaffney, SC/Greenville, SC - Partly Cloudy Upper 60's: No pictures.

Another morning, another trip to the gym. Not exciting to most but to me it's great. The foot is holding up, I ran 2 miles on Monday and haven't been able to run much since. I tried today but traded out for the elliptical...another day of rest and we'll try again. Once we got back we packed up and headed toward Greenville to have our Happy Thanksgiving. Andrea and Eric weren't too far behind and we had planned to stop in Gaffney at the outlets so we anticipated arriving at the same time. We made it to the outlets and did a little more shopping than I had planned. I really needed a couple of things but mostly sneakers which I did not find!! We hit the road again and just a couple of miles away from Peg and Dave's, Ben spotted an Olympia Sports type store. We stopped in and they had my shoes and they were on SALE!!! So now I have new sneakers which will hopefully help my foot as well!!

When we arrived at the Setta home, Eric and Andy had just arrived. We all got settled and then Eric began his BRINE for the turkey. It was quite a process but the turkey is soaking now for the night. Once that was done the boys headed out to pick up their race packets. They are running an 8k in the morning so they wanted to get all their stuff tonight. Dave had kindly prepared dinner for us to put in the oven when we were ready...both he and Peg worked late. We ended up cooking late enough for Peg to join us. After dinner the girls hung out downstairs while the boys worked out with the Wii Fit! Dave arrived home later and we all caught up for a bit before he and Peg headed to bed...they have to work early tomorrow. Andrea and I rented My Sisters Keeper (TEAR JERKER ALERT) while the boys did other stuff. Now we're all in bed, we have an early morning for the race and then a day FULL of cooking and family time. Dinners around 6ish so that all can join us after work.

I LOVE FAMILY TIME!