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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@sherlockstede.bsky.social
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54. UK. She/her. Gen X. Talk too much, laugh too loud. Fandom veteran ©@lushchicken Kindness is sexy ©Rhys Darby The people who mind don't matter, and the people who matter don't mind Cumberbatched. Darbinized. HudConned. Storried.

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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Apparently ye olde "turn it off and turn it on again" is what it says in the manufacturer's guide to reset it, but obviously we still need something as cover while we do that. We've only lost a 4 pinter of milk. Asked about compo out of interest but not kept receipts and not lost anything else 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now got a temporary smaller fridge (the faulty one is built-in) and by good fortune there is a perfectly situated plug in the corner of the living area. Usually the plugs are all in the wrong place. Got to turn the other one off and they'll sort after we leave.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
later there hasn't been any change in the temperature.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They sent a guy round at about 9am (I woke up to the sound of 2 men's voices) but bless him, he's only been in the job 3 weeks and Bob said he didn't really know what to do. Pressed a few buttons and advised us to take a pack of water out of the fridge where there's some sort of vent, but 2 hours
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeh the milk had gone off this morning 🙄 Mind you it's quite mild outside although it's raining but I did think of sticking the milk outside on the deck.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just discovered that the caravan fridge is running at 14 degrees and when your fridge at home is 20yo with a dial and not digital controls, there are no instructions, and it's out of hours for guest services, I guess there's a chance the contents may have gone off in the morning 😬
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside (yes I know I probably post this every year now but idc). The tide is out admittedly but it's there! 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Congratulations x 👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🙄
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🤣😘
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So the eBay app can tell me when something I've looked at, not even on my watchlist, is ending or a similar item has appeared. But it can't send me any notifications about the last 3 sales I've had 🙄 (and no I don't check it constantly considering one item's been on sale for a over a year)
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He's so cute!!!
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's been a day/week/month with work, family and a new foster pup in the house, so today I'm tying up all my work admin that's been ignored in favour of sorting the students out, and generally just winding down. On work's time. Manager's orders. And then it's HOLIDAY!!!
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 2026
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'The Beautiful Ones' was played on Radio 2 on Friday and I had goosebumps
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I declare boot season open 🍂🍁
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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New YAGA trailer! “Magic is f***ing hard. Watch the new trailer featuring a brand-new cover of "Season of the Witch" by Alanis Morissette.” via canadacrave
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And there I am in the white T-shirt just stepping on at the bottom 😀
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When you know the answer to this question thanks to Rhysie and #thecryptidfactor in London, August 2024 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It occurs to me that I didn't share a pic of Derek here. He's been here 10 days now. Still very puppy, only started school yesterday because they had an outbreak of kennel cough so he couldn't start last week. Derek, everyone. Everyone, Derek 🥰
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Classic. Get well soon x
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Your cheque's in the post 😘
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Old person confirmed 😆 and yes I do x
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I picture Daisy's version being a boop in the face 😂
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thoughts and prayers xx
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
15 mins/3 junctions from home after 4 hours on the road, and we got held in a rolling road block for over half an hour 😕
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Innit 🤣 Looks like our two unis have split their arrivals this year. Ours was last weekend but the signs are still lit so presume Uni of is having theirs this weekend.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our local supermarket 🙄
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fabulous, congratulations to him 🫡 and all of you x 🎉
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Finally saw my first one in the wild tonight 👍🏼
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Looks amazing. Have a fab time x
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hope you've had a lovely day x
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When you realise that the thing you were going to, is just too much effort (and *your* act is the headliner so not on till nearly bedtime 😂) so you change plans and just meet for a coffee instead 👍 Also a pox on the organisers for not making the schedule/lineup available until 2 days ago.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dammit my brother has beaten me to seeing the first 76 numberplate. Apparently he did stand by his front window (on a main road) for 25 minutes till he saw one 🤣
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lol I'm too shallow and blinded by the pretty to have made that connection 😝
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's nice to be wanted 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Phew, team leader says I can book additional days rather than swap the rest of this week so yayyyyyyy for that. HR on the big TV with the noise cancelling headphones (to hear the bits everyone else can apparently hear but I can't), it is then 👍🏼
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
and then Derek will go to school for half-days for the rest of that first week. We're then away for the first weekend and I guess after that we'll do the secure field and recall/free running.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I've only got 5 days' leave left to take so don't want to use too much more up this side of Xmas if I don't have to, although I can book one day as volunteer leave and win a day back that way. Bob can change his leave and he's got more left so we'll do the settling and walking over the first 2 days
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Def not going to work tomorrow (office day) and going to speak to my TL about whether I can just book another 2 days off or if they'd rather I swap Thurs/Fri (WFH) because it's September. There isn't an outright ban on leave in September like there used to be when I started, but best not to presume.
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No Derek today. He's been poorly with an ear infection over the weekend so travelling not a good idea and he's on antibiotics so got to finish those. He's coming on the 14th instead. Worst part is I've got to go to work this week now and change my leave 😩
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Garden trellis installed to dog proof the garden (and ensure toileting on the yard first), downstairs vacuumed, mopped and tidied up, dog bed and blankies installed in kitchen corner. Ready for Derek to arrive tomorrow 🥰 #traineeguidedogfosterers
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just a little tree living its best life at the top of a chimney in the city centre 😁
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Met ex-workwife Emma for some retail therapy earlier. Nipped into the loo when I arrived. Heard someone go into one of the other cubicles. I knew it was her and she knew it was me, without seeing one another 😂
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yessssssssss proper rain!
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🫂
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had the same thought earlier 😞
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bye Dolly 👑💖
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Karen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @sherlockstede.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Then it was a Rhysie montage from last year's tour shenanigans and our photo with him... And now it's the hockey boys 😁
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