I did say I would come back and update if anything exciting happened during my break. Well on the scale of world peace this is pretty insignificant, but on the scale of my battle with Buttercup its another milestone.
Yesterday after getting everyone off to school I hung the xmas stockings on the stair ballastrades (our stairs are in the lounge) and vacuumed before heading off out in the rain with the 'Twirlies" to catch…