Oh the fun

I just did a bunch of mending - by hand. I really miss my sewing machine. As soon as we get in the new house, I have plans. One of the first things I want to make is roll up blinds. I'll be using a pattern of one my little sister made. Which means I need to do some fabric shopping. It's too bad I'm so fussy and vague about what fabric pattern I want - I envision something modern and not too busy. No flowers, maybe something geometric or with flourishes? I'm having trouble finding something online because I have no idea what this style would be called. Oh well, on with my search. Here's sort of what I'd like:

Housewise, the drywall is up and has the first mud coat on. The windows finally showed up and were put in Friday evening. No pictures yet. But the end is coming! (cue scary music)

More house

Nothing new with the house, still waiting for the windows to come (the wrong ones were either ordered or delivered, not sure which) and the drywall to go in.  But here's a picture from a couple weeks ago when they started shingling:

I apologize for the quality of the pictures, I'm relying on a camera phone.