Gas woes

In 2008 I decided to start saving my reciepts after gassing up my truck. I don't remember how many I kept or threw away but I did save enough to show that I spent at least 2400 dollars and spent about 60 bucks a fill up. I had 39 reciepts on my spreadsheet. This year I did somethign similar. In 2009 I saved about 47 reciepts and spent about 2200 dollars. The average fill up cost me 46 dollars in 2009. So a quick comparison reveals a couple of things. First, overall I spent less on gas this year with more fillups. I also spent a fair amount of money both years. The average fill up cost me more than forty dollars. Sometimes driving a truck with a 24 gallon tank that gets about 13 miles to a gallon is not very economical. I am a farmer though and the convenience of a truck far outweights a small 4 cylinder car engine. I would consider buying a car, but would really like to have a garage first. I should also probably pay off my house before I put a garage in also.

Ultimately though, I always want to drive a pickup truck. Mainly because I have heard that there is something women like about a pickup man.

Puppy training is also going well. My sister lectured me on the finer points of dog training the other night and I have implemented some of them. They are on their third dog to train now and she had some good advice. I have Walter pissing on the mats if he has to go inside. I also have Walter pissing outside often also. I have started to ration Walters food and he slept in his cage in my kitchen last night. The only consistent issue is him dropping dueces at this point. He will got outside but I have to spend about ten minutes outside before Walter finds a spot good enough to drop dueces on. My sister said I should just take him out a half hour after he eats and that should train him well. That is the reason I am rationing his food. Walter is going to learn that he gets feed at a certain time and then is expected to "potty" outside within an hour.

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