{"id":2541,"date":"2010-01-02T09:49:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:15:35","slug":"2365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/02\/2365\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/365"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure what the 365 rules are but I am going with the &#8220;no rules&#8221; approach and making it up as I go.<\/p>\n<p>So, today I have more than one picture.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we spent the day working on our basement. So that&#8217;s what my pictures are about.<\/p>\n<p>Our basement is now U shaped (with all of the mechanical stuff, extra fridge, etc. on the inside part of the U).<\/p>\n<p>Recently we decided to make the front part of the basement the &#8220;little kid&#8221; area and the back part the &#8220;big kid-man cave&#8221; area.<\/p>\n<p>This is the front part of the basement and will be the &#8220;little kid&#8221; area.\u00a0 Eva is pretty excited about having some space.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the back corner, one of the industrial sewing machines is here- so hopefully I can get some work done while she plays.\u00a0 Andy is putting together Ikea storage.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5724\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4234817827\/img_5724.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4070\/4234817827_f68bc05a9d_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5724\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5751\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4235602834\/img_5751.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2687\/4235602834_ea03e56af4_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5751\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5738\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4235600762\/img_5738.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2626\/4235600762_d0a4281634_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5738\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> Shiloh was working hard- not sure Pottery Barn meant for these little chairs to be dog beds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5719\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4235591282\/img_5719.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4235591282_61b533a93d_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5719\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5772\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4235606788\/img_5772.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2715\/4235606788_db5bbe7e1c_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5772\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> Austin gets a call on his phone from a friend inviting him to sleep over (Blake had already left for a sleepover)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5728\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4234819623\/img_5728.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4019\/4234819623_bbd8bd5a28_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5728\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> The Buckeye Game was on in the soon to be man-cave\/big kid cave<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5729\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4234821301\/img_5729.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2707\/4234821301_ba58761a22_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5729\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> The &#8220;man-cave&#8221; area was added when we added on to the house- so it does not have the same cork floor that the rest of the basement has.\u00a0 Right now it is just concrete but I think the boys have decided on wall to wall carpet.\u00a0 I am not a big fan of carpet because I have allergies but since the rest of the house is all hardwood I felt like I could cave on this one.\u00a0 After all, I don&#8217;t plan on spending much time back there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5732\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4234822811\/img_5732.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4234822811_2abeb91c8c_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5732\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> In case you don&#8217;t know, the Buckeyes won!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5734\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4234824323\/img_5734.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2690\/4234824323_8903b39fb0_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5734\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> As you can see they have a ways to go on the man-cave.<\/p>\n<p>Austin decides to play a round of Beatles Rock Band before he heads out.\u00a0 Eva loves the guitar.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t be long before she is joining in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5759\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4234829889\/img_5759.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4030\/4234829889_607478b125_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5759\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure what the 365 rules are but I am going with the &#8220;no rules&#8221; approach and making it up as I go. So, today I have more than one picture. Yesterday we spent the day working on our basement. So that&#8217;s what my pictures are about. Our basement is now U shaped (with all of the mechanical stuff, extra fridge, etc. on the inside part of the U). Recently we decided to make the front part of the basement the &#8220;little kid&#8221; area and the back part the &#8220;big kid-man cave&#8221; area. This is the front part of the basement and will be the &#8220;little kid&#8221; area.\u00a0 Eva is pretty excited about having some space. As you can see in the back corner, one of the industrial sewing machines is here- so hopefully I can get some work done while she plays.\u00a0 Andy is putting together Ikea storage. Shiloh was working hard- not sure Pottery Barn meant for these little chairs to be dog beds&#8230; Austin gets a call on his phone from a friend inviting him to sleep over (Blake had already left for a sleepover) The Buckeye Game was on in the soon to be man-cave\/big kid cave The &#8220;man-cave&#8221; area was added when we added on to the house- so it does not have the same cork floor that the rest of the basement has.\u00a0 Right now it is just concrete but I think the boys have decided on wall to wall carpet.\u00a0 I am not a big fan of carpet because I have allergies but since the rest of the house is all hardwood I felt like I could cave on this one.\u00a0 After all, I don&#8217;t plan on spending much time back there \ud83d\ude42 In case you don&#8217;t know, the Buckeyes won! As you can see they have a ways to go on the man-cave. Austin decides to play a round of Beatles Rock Band before he heads out.\u00a0 Eva loves the guitar.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t be long before she is joining in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[807,86],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3","category-life","tag-807","tag-basement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21393,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions\/21393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}