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    <title>I REALLY want my Beautyrest&amp;#174; mattress</title>
    <link>http://contest.simmons.com/contests/showcontest/7065</link>
    <description>You can win the bed of your dreams – a new Beautyrest&lt;sup&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/sup&gt;  mattress from Simmons. Submit a video or photo and essay telling us why you need your Beautyrest&lt;sup&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/sup&gt;, and we just might give you one!</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:42 -0600</pubDate>
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        <title>The Case of the Missing Mattress</title>
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                          <div>After a divorce; my daughter and I was forced to move in with a family member. I slept on an old leather sofa that was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I lived in this condition for 3½ years until I saved enough money to buy a house.  After moving in, we slept on the floor for several months before I was able to buy a mattress for my daughter. After sleeping on a sofa for 3½ yrs. the full size inexpensive mattress was a welcomed friend. We doubled up on the new mattress like little girls at a pajama party. After about 1 week we started finding bumps on our body that itched ungodly. My doctor said they were bedbug bites! It turned out that I was sold a refurbished mattress and not a new one! Of course, I got rid of the mattress and the only other piece of furniture; the sofa.  My daughter had an allergic reaction to the bites and was treated with steroids.  The professionals took care of the bugs. We are still stressed and to top it off; we’re back to sleeping on the floor.</div>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:19:40 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>They need a break</title>
        <link><![CDATA[ http://contest.simmons.com/contests/showentry/84995 ]]></link>
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                          <div>My inlaws really need a mattress but they really struggle to make it and can&#39;t afford to buy a new bed&#45;I couldn&#39;t take a picture as they would be upset so I am appealing to you to help me. They live on social secirity only and never ask for help but they are over their heads and need a new mattress on their bottoms...Mom has/had breast cancer and dad major heart surgerys. Please help me help them God bless you</div>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:57:35 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>MOOD SWINGS WITHOUT MY BEAUTYREST</title>
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                          <div>We would love to leave behind the mood swings, by getting our beauty rest on a SIMMONS BEAUTYREST MATTRESS. KEEP DANCING &amp; SMILING :&#41;</div>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:41:25 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Wake Up Dad!</title>
        <link><![CDATA[ http://contest.simmons.com/contests/showentry/84221 ]]></link>
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                          <div>I arrived into this world two weeks late
Now I am an early bird if anyone can relate

I wake mommy up by making espresso 
And then to her cheek un grande beso

My dad on the other hand is a little more work
He first looks up and gives a quick smirk

Then he rolls over and goes back to sleep
I asked him, &quot;daddy why are you still counting sheep?&quot;

My mommy&#39;s convinced that its the comfort of the cats
That cozy against daddy cause the bed is for my acrobats

BOING,BOING,BOING,SQUEAK,SQUEA K,SQUEAK! 
Oh the lovely noises that make daddy shriek! 

Beautyrest, Beautyrest how we all dream
That we can wake dad up without this song theme

I hope you are impressed 
So that our family may be blessed! 

Thank you Beautyrest! </div>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:54:22 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Sharing a Bed Built for One</title>
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                          <div>Hello world!  We seriously need a bigger, better bed.  We are tall people in a small bed.  Oh, did I mention there are two of us?  Because that&#39;s pretty important for you to understand our problem.

Please vote for this video and help us win an amazing Simmons Beautyrest bed!  Thanks!</div>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:23:19 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Dreaming...</title>
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                          <div>There was a time when we were small
That we hardly needed room at all
For sleep came quick and lasted long
But now those golden days are gone

We do not nod where our heads fall
We&#39;re lucky if we sleep at all
A mattress that&#39;s too hard or lumpy
Often leaves us feeling grumpy

I was blessed to win a lovely frame
But the mattress size is not the same
The frame’s a queen, the bed’s a double
It’s led us to a bit of trouble

We must be careful when we rise
Not to slip and fall inside
Right now we are not too well&#45;rested
But hope to win and be twice blessed&#45;ed

So choose us if you like my rhyme
We’d really like to win this time
We’d be under much less stress
If we could win a Beauty Rest

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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>New bouce house...I mean mattress!</title>
        <link><![CDATA[ http://contest.simmons.com/contests/showentry/82158 ]]></link>
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                          <div>We are a fun family of five.  Big daddy is a disabled Veteran who attends college full time and he wants a new mattress because sleep will help with his health issues and resting up for finals!  Big momma, she is behind the camera, just wants one good restful night of sleep.  Notice we said one night...yeah you parents all understand.  The darling son, Hubba bubba, would like a new mattress because the old one has no bouce at all.  It can be a danger to his tailbone.  The oldest daughter, pretty princess, says our current mattress is so bad you can&#39;t feel the pea because of the springs, which no longer spring.  The youngest, Bella Mafia, says she can&#39;t hide the bodies if the mattress is too flat.  So please pick us for a new mattress.  We will throw the 15 year old lumpy a Welcome to the Dump party.  Exit singing &quot;please release me, let me go.......&quot;  </div>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:15:23 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Saying goodbye</title>
        <link><![CDATA[ http://contest.simmons.com/contests/showentry/82014 ]]></link>
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                          <div>Is my beauty rest just a thing of my past?
Where the days of good sleep 
Seemed forever to last…
Every morning to wake
Feeling fresh and renewed
You were my comfort at night
And my napping delight
Where have you gone???

Now my days without you
Seem so dismal and bleak
Its been 10 years
Since I’ve had a GOOD sleep
Sure, the babies and bottles
Kept me up hundreds of nights
But even with that
You still gave a good fight
As I crashed into your comfort
For what was left of the night

Children jumping, and playing
Enjoying your  “bounce”
Yelling“Mommy’s beds the best”
In the air as they pounce…
The children are big now
In their own beds they sleep
And now…when I need you most
I can do nothing but weep
You have no more to give?
Not even one last good sleep?
So I dream of replacing you
You’re no longer the best
Longing for the truck to come
With my new Simmons Beauty rest!

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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:28:07 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>I REALLY want my Beautyrest®  mattress</title>
        <link><![CDATA[ http://contest.simmons.com/contests/showentry/81960 ]]></link>
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                          <div>Careless roofers caused a leak so massive that our entire apartment was damaged, the walls, floors, furniture, electronics and appliances were all ruined. This chaos, represents the stress that is causing me to loose sleep! I really want BOTH my beauty rest, AND I REALLY want my Beautyrest® mattress!</div>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:42:25 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Diana &#40;more recent photo&#41;</title>
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                          <div>Having spent many years in the service I now have several herneated disks and living on disability makes it hard to afford a new bed. I desperately need one and love Simmons Beautyrest mattresses. Growing up thats all we ever owned. As I got older thats all I ever purchased. I had my things in storage and of course discovered  my mattresses were ruined when I recently took everything out of storage... I have one now that isnt very good. Its not a Beautyrest and Im constantly waking up in pain. I would love to win this Bed! Thank you Simmons!</div>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:38:26 -0500</pubDate>
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