So I really got in late Friday night. But, I had trouble sorting out some email shite, so I emailed the family and the seriously worried friends some time on Saturday.

Now it’s Sunday. I’ve seen my new digs, but we haven’t moved in yet. M. picked out a rental with just the right mix of space (to keep my junk from overpowering us) and little details to keep me amused for a while.

I have a couple of pictures, which I will post some time soon of a couple of my favorite amusing details. Chief among them is the built in display-type china cabinet in the dining room. Handy and functional, yes, but ripe with kitsch in this case. The owner of the place, who’s an immigrant from the mythical island of Greece, saw fit to tart the cabinet up a bit.

He used those mirrored tiles from the 70s decorating boom. You know the ones that you could stick anywhere and had lovely, lovely flecks and marbleized zig zags of gold? Any one out there who knew Pat in the 70s knows exactly what I’m describing. She went nuts back in the day sprucing up our tiny bathroom. The net effect was a creepy band of mirrors in which you could keep a close eye on your privates as they did their private business.

The mirrors work better in a curio cabinet. And, the slightly broken Virgin Mary Hummel that Pat had rescued from the big fire will look positively mid-American beatifying vision in it.

Then, there’s a ton of stuff that is how I have always been and grown up. Possibly upscale, but a tad askew in the actual do-it-yourself delivery. Like the bathroom sinks (yup, plural, two toilets and moving on up). Anyway, I’m pretty sure the bathroom sinks are both marble, but the caulking and grout around them are distinctly not decorator but homemade (well home-done).

I think we’ll fit in pretty well there.

Meanwhile, I think we are back to Ikea again today after thinking about a couch and enlisting his friend with a van. Good thing they didn’t have one of the places back in Massachusetts when I was there. With the price/funkiness ratio I would have been redecorating far too frequently.

The place is going to be a tad spartan for a bit, since we need most everything furniture-wise, but it will be fun building it up.