<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348941801693876276</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:49:25.562-08:00</updated><category term='vacuum salesman'/><category term='wood floors'/><category term='easy cleanup'/><category term='carpet'/><title type='text'>Parenting From The Trenches</title><subtitle type='html'>When Parenting gets down and dirty, we often find ourselves in the trenches.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parentingtrenches.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5348941801693876276/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parentingtrenches.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Brenda Emmett</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03207846124726960956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o34UlWO05NQ/TDyAnbAl6cI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Ex4jxFdP3uE/S220/Headshot.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348941801693876276.post-5748960046462894438</id><published>2007-11-20T14:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-20T14:28:41.640-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='easy cleanup'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wood floors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carpet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacuum salesman'/><title type='text'>Hooray For Wood Floors!</title><content type='html'>I've just been saved once again by my wood floors.  Why am I so excited by having wood floors, you ask?  Well, they just saved me a lot of time at the door with a vacuum cleaner salesman!  I don't know how many times I have had to turn them away, but having wood floors makes it quick and easy!  (I never tell them that I have carpet downstairs in my house!)  I just step back and say, "Oh, I'm sorry...I have wood floors."  Then they turn and leave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another benefit to wood floors is when the kids get sick!  You don't have to worry about cleaning up Flu messes off of your carpet. (Messes that involve carpet cleaning...either hiring it out or doing it yourself.)  With a wood floor, it is just a simple mop job and it is over and done with. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love my wood floors!  They totally rock!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5348941801693876276-5748960046462894438?l=parentingtrenches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parentingtrenches.blogspot.com/feeds/5748960046462894438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5348941801693876276&amp;postID=5748960046462894438' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5348941801693876276/posts/default/5748960046462894438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5348941801693876276/posts/default/5748960046462894438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parentingtrenches.blogspot.com/2007/11/hooray-for-wood-floors.html' title='Hooray For Wood Floors!'/><author><name>Brenda Emmett</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03207846124726960956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o34UlWO05NQ/TDyAnbAl6cI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Ex4jxFdP3uE/S220/Headshot.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
