Look good to me! (I wet sanded with 600 grit paper.)
Brother showed up. He called first but there was crap phone connection and called back, it died so he didn't call more. It was 94F (34C) at the house when he appeared. I fetched ladder so he could go into overhead to put the light back in the dining area. Well, that never happened. I did a show-and-ask about different materials I had for different tasks and we agreed on what to do. He also approved of the master bath. He adjusted a thing on the toilet so now it flushes properly. He 'forgot' to do that before. I didn't know there was another adjustment that could be done or I would've fixed that myself! He said he found that out when he was working on the toilet at his house rather than telling the property manager and waiting. He said SIL was glad he can do things like that. That is true.
He needed to go to home improvement to get a part for his malfunctioning toilet and I wanted to return a few things and see if there was a replacement lock for the pation/sun room exterior door. I had tried many keys but none would turn the tumbler. The home improvement store was a wash out. Couldn't find products we were looking for although he did get the toilet part. We had much talking. He made comments that made me think he wanted to throw me and kitty into the street. I asked if he wanted me to pay him for the mortgage payment he did. He said no? He said he admits he was wrong about not getting realtor who would invest and take investment out of home sale as I had suggested back in Feb. (and was Mother's plan). He said there were times he wishes Father was around to strangle for leaving estate in shape it is? True, some things should've been done differently or more completely. I think we're OK.
After home improvement I took him to that new development I had visited. He thought much like I did about the houses. Crap workmanship. Crazy architects. Even crazier buyers! He liked my ideas of altering at least one of the houses to reclaim wasted space in the huge long driveway. He had some other ideas too. We both agreed only the top house was good--except the entry door being on the side!
We then looked at "open houses." One we looked at two weekends ago has sold! Very quickly for the market. The house was priced well though and in pretty good, though not perfect shape. I could say the same about me! There was house that surprised us both. It is on a quarter acre. The back yard is amazing and view looked on to canyon like this house could before canyon got filled by bastard developers. The house was very nice as well with many upgrades done in the early 90's according to the realtor. I was surprised it didn't have AC but otherwise I liked what I saw. That realtor was good! Brother asked her about sprinklers and sod. She thought price sounded high but in this market it wouldn't really help sell as long as there was curb appeal. I explained that right now there is dirt--everything is cleared. It is a blank slate just like new construction is how I think of it. :D
I didn't eat until after 8pm I think? That was not good. Body rebelled and I had to do laundry! *sigh* Oh, I got cat food and litter on sale! Yay for the kitty! I had thought I forgot (again) to close the security door when we left? I had. It was open? I was afraid kitty might have escaped into the wild? No. Kitty was good! She was still hiding in my bedroom from when Brother arrived. I gave pettings! She got let out for a bit. I would have been frantic over kitty. :/ *sigh*
What else? Don't know what plans will be next weekend. The light never did get put up. That's OK. If we remove (or have removed) "popcorn" ceiling then we will not want light up anyway! I should eat another meal... Brother says I lost weight but I think his estimate is too low! He did notice my walking shorts are too large for me. That is true. Even the smallest belt is too large now.
I will fetch fooding of some kind and loiter for the duckie online. I have other things to catch up on as well.
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