<?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-8811577471224230739</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:44:31.522-08:00</updated><category term='Stop the fuzzies'/><category term='Office Painting'/><category term='How to epoxy coat a floor'/><category term='Ask The Handyman'/><title type='text'>Ask The Handyman</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ask The Handyman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12372303939895484307</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxqk2hB8Ozc/SyLYYwBgTKI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WUgb3oUgdXY/S220/hp+photos+082.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811577471224230739.post-8262930844089859969</id><published>2010-02-23T15:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-23T15:24:51.907-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stop the fuzzies'/><title type='text'>Tip of the week</title><content type='html'>To prevent all those fuzzies from ending up on your wall. 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day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8811577471224230739-7759461758927091421?l=allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/feeds/7759461758927091421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/2010/02/tip-of-week.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default/7759461758927091421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default/7759461758927091421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/2010/02/tip-of-week.html' title='Tip of the week'/><author><name>Ask The 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I look forward to 2010 and can't wait to get on a roll. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8811577471224230739-4506619172036575961?l=allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/feeds/4506619172036575961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default/4506619172036575961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default/4506619172036575961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>Ask The Handyman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12372303939895484307</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxqk2hB8Ozc/SyLYYwBgTKI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WUgb3oUgdXY/S220/hp+photos+082.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxqk2hB8Ozc/Sz45p1zcB8I/AAAAAAAAACo/wBzCYO4nnRQ/s72-c/Custom+Exteriors.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811577471224230739.post-2857735479415176197</id><published>2009-12-09T09:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T09:47:17.594-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Happy Holidays from all of us at Allen Paint Company &lt;a href="http://allenpaintcompany.com/"&gt;http://allenpaintcompany.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8811577471224230739-2857735479415176197?l=allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/feeds/2857735479415176197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-holidays-from-all-of-us-at-allen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default/2857735479415176197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8811577471224230739/posts/default/2857735479415176197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://allenpaintcompany.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-holidays-from-all-of-us-at-allen.html' title=''/><author><name>Ask The Handyman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12372303939895484307</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hxqk2hB8Ozc/SyLYYwBgTKI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WUgb3oUgdXY/S220/hp+photos+082.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811577471224230739.post-770218467321804660</id><published>2009-11-29T21:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T15:14:20.510-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ask The Handyman'/><title type='text'>Ask the Handyman</title><content type='html'>Allen Paint Company is your all in one home service company from Brighton, Michigan. I'm the owner,Michael Allen, and this is my blog. With over 25 years experience in the painting industry, I have seen it all. We have a network of trades people that I have worked with over the years so no job is too big or too small. I hope you like my blog and find it useful for your home remodeling needs here is our website for more information &lt;a href="http://allenpaintcompany.com/"&gt;http://allenpaintcompany.com/&lt;/a&gt; please visit and comment. We are more than just a painting company we are here to save you time and money on your home improvement project. 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