I've made good progress on the mat. I think the four skeins of blue yarn I bought for the background will do it, but I'll still see whether I can get more. I'm of the "bigger is better" school of thought.

Tom and I saw "Captain America" this afternoon. What a fun movie! I haven't enjoyed a comic-book-based movie so much since the first "Iron Man." It kinda makes up for not having gone to Comic Con.