I used an automated generator. It seems ok by googlebot, but every now and then a wierd error pops up. Here is the link, I will not hotlink it out of respect for forum rules, sorry for the inconvenience but please paste it in your browser. Thank you in advance for any thought or suggestions. http://salesblog.karlgoldfield.com/sitemap.xml
I would use gSiteCrawler to create the Sitemap and not worry about it. The error reporting in the reports will tell you what's going on.