i haven't written in my journal in a long time. i eat a lot of food during the holidays and still lose over a pound in my weight when i weigh today. i will tell you about the best christmas i had when a child and still my favorit. we had a pet racoon that a farmer give to use after shooting is mother and than found the baby. he named him homer a indian you visit the bar called him sparky we like that name. he had disapered we hadn't seen him in months. both sets of grandparent were over for christmas eve. we heard someone at the door he open the door and jumped all over use he was glad to see us. he disapper again a farmer seen the chain with are names around is neck after he killed him. he said he walk right up to him acouse he was a pet. we has young kids cry when we found out about it. i am glad that we had that great christmas eve with him the last time we would see him alive. i had a good christmas my parents give me fifty dollar check and a friend give me a bart fave tshirt. i am down to 187.2 pounds from when i weight last week before the holidays i was a 188.6 pounds drinking that green tea is really helping me lose weight. i am on my way to my goal of weighing what i did when i got back from nam. a goal of 161 is getting closer to a realty. i want to put my uniform on again that will be a great accomplisment to weigh what i did way back in sept of 1968.