I got some of the parts mounted into the case and did a little wiring today. Nothing too exciting, but it is all about steady progress. I wired up the LCD screen and tested it out. Here is a picture of it half wired on a bread board.

The LCD actually requires a fair number of wires to run it. I ordered a few small protoboards to solder up a small circuit board to contain all of this. It needs a couple resistors and a potentiometer and several connections to either ground or 5v. So I can put all of that on the small circuit board and then have a ribbon cable to connect to the arduino. More parts are on their way this week, and hopefully can get it wired up soon.