#they have to carefully plan out months in advance their next garden care routine + flower roster

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THEYRE SO EMBARRASSING GOOFY DAD AND EMBARRASSING GOOFY MOM COMBO TO ME. YOU DONT UNDERSTAND.

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Mrs. Fillyjonk's General Store

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Mrs. Fillyjonk spent her days following a carefully planned routine, which was very much what everyone in Moominvalley had come to know her for. What had gradually changed over the years, however, was how she spent all this effort and passion for control. When she and her three children had first arrived in Moominvalley, she clearly felt that her perfectionism set her above everyone else in the village. She was immediately at odds with the Moomin family and their freewheeling lifestyle because they were her closest neighbors.

Inevitably, the Moomin family were the first to attempt to welcome Mrs. Fillyjonk to Moominvalley. It didn't go well and she and Moominmama wound up locking horns frequently over the next three years. Fortunately, Moomintroll, Snufkin, Snork Maiden, and Sniff charmed their way into friendship with Mrs. Fillyjonk's three children, Allan, Robert, and Linda over the first week that they all met. The children began a sort of conspiracy against Mrs. Fillyjonk's severe, elitist, controlling temperament which proved very effective.

Mrs. Fillyjonk was a strict, overprotective disciplinarian towards her children precisely because she loved them very much. She wanted to protect them from the world that she had come to see as cruel and dangerous because of bitter experiences during her marriage. As Moomintroll and his friends taught her children how to have fun and enjoy life, she found herself being softened gradually by their growing happiness.

Eventually, she and Moominmama became friends and Moominmama helped her to warm her icy relationship with the families of Moominvalley. She joined the Moominvalley Women's Club and mutual understanding between Mrs. Fillyjonk and the villagers of Moominvalley began to grow. The final thing that made her a fully welcome member of the community was her growing friendship with Mr. Hemulen.

Mr. Hemulen was a beloved figure in Moominvalley. Everyone looked forward to seeing him wandering through the valley each day, closely examining every flower he came across. Despite the solitary existence he led, he was always willing to pitch in and help anyone who asked. His spectacular fireworks were in regular demand throughout Spring, Summer, and Fall every year. Mrs. Fillyjonk came to respect his scientific expertise, but she was concerned about his tendency to avoid community events where he wasn't providing fireworks.

She barged her way into Mr. Hemulen's life and made sure he would be there for big celebrations and holiday parties. She was instantly appalled at the disorderly state he kept his cottage in when she came to visit him for the first time. He didn't have the fortitude to prevent her from putting his home and greenhouse in order, but he managed to draw the line at his fireworks workshop. Mrs. Fillyjonk was not eager to be blown to smithereens by misfortune.

She did insist on checking on him twice a week to do housecleaning and make sure that he was eating properly. After several months Mr. Hemulen began to look forward to her regular visits, and caring for him brought out her gentle side even more. It would be an exaggeration to say that they were in love, but they had come to enjoy each other's company very much.

A year after Moomintroll and Snork Maiden's children were born, Mr. Hemulen's health went into a very rapid, frightening decline after he suffered a bad fall in his cottage. Mrs. Fillyjonk was the first to find him and immediately moved in with him. She became his full-time caregiver as his advanced age slowly crippled him totally. She made sure to put all of his affairs in order, taking particular care to hand over his fireworks supplies to his nephew, who took them back with him to Tornio and his fireworks business there.

Mrs. Fillyjonk alerted the members of the Moominvalley Women's Club when Mr. Hemulen's last days were clearly upon him. She, Moominmama, and all the members of the club stood by his bedside as he quietly passed away in his sleep. Mrs. Fillyjonk made all of the funeral arrangements and it was a fitting memorial to him. The entire Moominvalley community spent the year in mourning and Mrs. Fillyjonk helped everyone deal with their grief as she dealt with her own.

She kept living in Mr. Hemulen's cottage, caring for all the exotic plants in his greenhouse and his extensive flower garden. She also got Moominpapa's help organizing Mr. Hemulen's voluminous notes on plants and making sure that they were published for posterity. She wanted Mr. Hemulen's cottage to stand as more than just a memorial to him and decided to turn it into a general store for the village. Mrs. Fillyjonk's disciplined mind made her a natural at starting and maintaining a business and her General Store soon became a welcome fixture at the heart of the village. Her three children became capable employees in short order, but when Alan and Robert went to Tornio University, she and her daughter Linda found the store almost more than they could handle.

Mrs. Fillyjonk could see that Linda would very soon want to go out into the world on her own as well. She wanted her daughter to feel completely free to pursue an independent life, so she put out a flyer in the village offering a good job to a promising candidate. The first person to respond wasn't at all who she might have expected.

On the first Monday in May, a very pretty young human woman entered Mrs. Fillyjonk's General Store in the late morning and handed one of Mrs. Fillyjonk's flyers back to her. She had bright red hair tied up in a green bow and wore a long green dress that came down to her black leather shoes. She wore a small bell around her neck that was old and no longer worked. She was carrying two large traveling bags that were obviously stuffed full with her belongings.

"I would like to apply for the position you're offering.", she said very calmly and professionally as she set her luggage down, "I'm looking to move to Moominvalley permanently and I need a source of income. Since I'm looking to become a part of the community, you don't have to worry that I'll forget my obligations to you as my employer or suddenly leave without notice. I would also appreciate it if you could point me to some affordable lodgings."

"Very well.", said Mrs. Fillyjonk kindly, "I must say that you give a very good first impression. You may start in three days, after we get you settled in of course. You may stay in my old cottage free of charge as long as you keep both the house and yard in good condition. I'll give you three months to prove yourself here, and then we'll see. Oh! How terribly rude of me! I've completely forgotten to ask you your name!"

"Ninny. Ninny Hampton."

To Be Continued

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My Money: ‘My mum’s advice saved me from lockdown anxiety’

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My Money is a assortment having a procure a examine how of us spend their money – and the usually refined decisions they must invent. Here, Lexy Oliver from Cheshire takes us through per week in her life for the length of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lexy is 27 and lives in Cuddington, Cheshire, alongside with her husband Jonny, additionally 27, and their cat Bobby. She is the fifth generation to work in her family commerce, a delicatessen owned by her father. Jonny works as a recordsdata scientist for a holiday lettings company. Lexy says there are no better workers reductions than factual meals and holidays!

The Covid-19 scenario has indubitably had an influence on their price range over the previous couple of months. Lexy changed into as soon as furloughed for 10 weeks, and Jonny has apt returned to work having been on furlough since April. All over lockdown, when neither of them were in work, they were down over £1,000 a month in decide-dwelling pay.

Lexy says from the age of 16 when she first started work, her mum repeatedly told her to position money away for a moist day, and luckily they had accomplished apt that. Making obvious they’ve a six-month buffer is a rule they dwell by, and saved them loads of terror for the length of lockdown.

Lexy and Jonny are now both abet at work. Jonny is working from dwelling, saving about £100 a month when in contrast with when he changed into as soon as commuting to the place of work. Lexy works very carefully alongside with her father who has asthma, and he lives alongside with her mum who has a blood situation known as ITP, so she is doing her most effective to steer clear of going anyplace with hundreds of us.

Over to Lexy…

It’s an early start on Mondays as I’m in a position to also tranquil be in work on the deli for 07: 30. I eat breakfast and lunch at work – quality meals is a perk of the job! I start my day with a freshly ground espresso and some fruit sooner than settling in to my traditional Monday morning admin. We’re on temporary hours for the time being which skill of the pandemic, closing at both 14: 00 or 15: 00 relying on the day, so the shifts with out a doubt hover. After work I pop to the local card shop and seize up two playing cards, one for an upcoming birthday, and one for a friend who apt bought married (£2.09).

Sooner than I know it, I’m dwelling all all over again, where Jonny and I even procure our afternoon tea break and a fleet on each day foundation use-up, which has turn true into a surprising custom for us since the lockdown.

Dinner is selfmade fish and chips sooner than the rain clouds disappear and the solar comes out. We throw on our trainers and head off for a tiny mosey spherical the village. This turns true into a one-hour stumble on down a previously undiscovered footpath. We belief we had came upon them concerned about the length of lockdown nonetheless we believe discovering more!

Complete spend: £2.09

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It’s an early start all all over again this day with a identical routine to the day prior to this. I eat some eggs and fruit washed down with a cappuccino when I to find to work. I’m having a tiny of a kind out this week and doing all of the intriguing jobs I’ve been inserting off. I additionally ring one amongst our well-known ambient meals suppliers and topic our Christmas bid. I know it looks early nonetheless in meals retail the time closing dates are early! It makes me with out a doubt feel warm and fuzzy incandescent that everybody amongst the savory chocolates, stollen and festive treats will be on their diagram to us in a pair of months.

After work Jonny and I use up on our days all all over again over a nice cuppa sooner than heading out for a fleet race between the rain showers.

Within the evening we head over to my fogeys’ dwelling for dinner. They most effective dwell a pair of miles down the avenue and it be nice to use up with them, in particular my mum and younger sister who I label not stumble on on each day foundation love my dad.

I’m in a position to do a tiny gratified dance this day as I have not spent the rest!

Complete spend: £0

I seize up a pair of meals bits in work this day including some cheese for tonight’s fajitas, and some sausages and eggs, which comes to £6.95 with my low cost. After work I head to the supermarket spherical the nook and seize up the lacking bits for dinner, some snacks for Jonny, and some strawberries and bananas for selfmade smoothies (£11.15). I on the whole carry out a large supermarket shop out of city every two weeks or so, after which top it up with contemporary bits from the deli and native retailers for the length of the week.

Within the evening we journey our selfmade fajitas sooner than enjoying on-line video games with our extinct housemates from university.

Complete spend: £18.10

An identical to the relaxation of the week, I stand up early for work and advance dwelling apt after four. After he’s finished work, Jonny and I even procure our cup of tea within the garden and do a tiny of clearing up and weeding spherical our terrace.

For dinner we now procure pasta bake, which is one amongst my favourite meals for the utilization of up all of the intriguing ends of veg within the fridge sooner than our next supermarket shop. Within the evening we head out for a two-hour race within the countryside for the length of sunset.

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Nowadays is additionally the huge payments day!

I’m continuously haggling and looking out for better deals on all our payments so I’m relaxed with how low we now procure bought some of our month-to-month payments:

£556.36 for the mortgage on our three-mattress semi

£38.84 for water

£123 for council tax

£33 for gas and electrical energy, even supposing we’ve apt had a letter saying this would be going as a lot as £38 a month. We procure solar panels which decide care of the wide majority of our electrical energy utilization, nonetheless being within the dwelling more has pushed our gas utilization up relatively over the previous couple of months.

£11.70 for life insurance protection

£29.70 for recordsdata superhighway (£20), and both our mobile phone payments (£6.70 for mine and £3 for Jonny’s)

Despite every thing the necessities are paid, we now procure £500 robotically circulate into our funding account, which is effectively my pension, and I even procure a direct debit to circulate £100 a month into my top class bonds, which I utilize as a financial savings account for my next automobile.

On the whole the cost for my audiobook subscription comes out this day. I journey listening to them on my shuttle to work nonetheless since I changed into as soon as off work and hence did not pressure for three months, I’ve racked up a stash of credits. Attributable to this truth I’ve paused my subscription while I use up, which saves me £7.99 a month.

Complete spend: £1,392.60

Fridays are by some distance the busiest days of the week at work for me, and matched with the warmer weather it be as busy as we imagined it would be!

After work it be time for the fortnightly supermarket commute. I’m large on meal planning so we repeatedly sprint with a checklist and I’ve came upon it be massively diminished our meals extinguish and our meals bill over the closing 365 days or so. I replenish on every thing we favor, plus one other necessities love cat meals for Bobby. We additionally to find a pair of luxuries including smoked salmon and bagels for a adore Sunday brunch. The total comes to £57.30.

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As all our well-known payments for the month procure now been paid, we in total decide some time spherical now to survey at our spending over the closing month and use if we now procure any spare that we are in a position to establish in the direction of an overpayment on the mortgage. We procure held off making overpayments while we were on furlough, nonetheless with us both abet in work now we conform to invent a £650 overpayment. We’re reasonably dedicated to creating mortgage overpayments where we are in a position to because the eagerness price on our mortgage is better than any financial savings price the banks are providing for the time being, plus we more or less stumble on it as saving for the deposit on our next dwelling.

This evening we now procure three of our pals spherical for some socially distanced beers within the garden. Two of them dwell with their fogeys who procure been shielding which skill of underlying health conditions. Tonight is one amongst the well-known times they’ve been exterior their possess dwelling since March, so it be so nice to use up with them.

Complete spend: £707.30

This weekend it be my turn to work on Saturday. Six-day working weeks are a tiny gruelling nonetheless loads of my summer and weekend plans procure been disrupted by Covid-19, so I’m gratified to invent hay while the solar shines. I spend £10.80 at work on some nice bits for tonight’s dinner, as effectively as one other meals for the weekend.

After work, Jonny and I head to our local garden centre. We did hundreds of labor on the garden for the length of lockdown – remodelling flower beds and borders, and planting fresh garden. The onerous work is basically accomplished and now it be time to carry out the “nice bit” and add the coloration. We’re additionally looking out for some nice pots for our terrace. I’m extremely gratified to search out the pots I had viewed on the procure are now half designate! We device shut hundreds of ideal crops and vegetation to possess our flower mattress, as effectively as one other good-wanting info and the whole comes to £186.91. Nonetheless, we register for their membership club which saves us £5, and we utilize £80 of vouchers we had been given as birthday gifts earlier within the 365 days, so we most effective pay £101.96 money.

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To procure an even time it within the break being the weekend we handle ourselves to a deli cheese and nibbles board and a bottle of nice crimson wine for dinner, sooner than snuggling on the sofa with Bobby and a movie.

Complete spend: £112.76

Image copyright Lexy Oliver

Image copyright Lexy Oliver

Sunday is spent nearly fully within the garden. We positively procure our fogeys to thank for our green thumbs! My mum is a florist, and both our sets of of us procure immaculately kept, elegant gardens.

We got to work filling the flower beds and fresh pots with the day prior to this’s garden centre haul. We literally spend seven hours gardening with a short interlude for lunch. I am fully shattered by the tip of the day nonetheless the garden is within the break accomplished, and now we are in a position to take a seat down down abet and journey it for the relaxation of summer!

Nowadays is one other day where we did not spend a facet.

Complete spend: £0

Image copyright Lexy Oliver.

Complete spent this week: £2,232.85

How does Lexy with out a doubt feel about her week?

This week’s spending looks very high nonetheless it be relatively fashioned for this week of the month as it be when all our payments advance out, plus we made a mortgage overpayment.

£600 changed into as soon as additionally moved to other accounts in desire to “spent”. Most of our non-bill spending changed into as soon as meals and plant pots. We are going to likely spend most effective a pair of hundred kilos over the relaxation of the month!

Image copyright Lexy Oliver

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