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The Pink Pussycat
Thanks to Chappell Roan and her Pink Pony Club hit, I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about a job I had years ago...
Niki Spivey
May 6, 20258 min read
FFS!
There’s a topic – an issue – that for a long time has really, really bothered me... For too long a time. An embarrassingly long time....
Niki Spivey
Feb 28, 20255 min read
Money Mindset
Growing up we didn't have much. Money I mean. My mum wove bandages by night in a factory and my dad worked at a scrap yard. We lived in a...
Niki Spivey
Mar 15, 202413 min read
2023 What a fecking challenge...
So, after declaring 2022 'The year of Joy' and the universe making me work REALLY bloody hard for it, I was a reluctant to set any NYE...
Niki Spivey
Dec 31, 20237 min read
2022: The Year Of JOY.
As we head rapidly towards the end of 2023; I'm finally ready to look back over the last couple of years. Not because I think I can make...
Niki Spivey
Nov 14, 202310 min read
Time and Space...
How are you? I'll bet you're fine. Good. Busy. Or all three. They're our standard responses after all. Maybe you're just scraping in at...
Niki Spivey
Aug 9, 20226 min read
I'm A Bit of a Dick
You know how some people are just, like, lovely. And sweet and great to be around all the time? That's not me. Not even close. It's not...
Niki Spivey
Mar 2, 20228 min read
(Re) Telling My Story
For the longest time, I have felt like a failure. The kid who peaked during academia and then managed not to do anything useful with the...
Niki Spivey
May 1, 20216 min read
I've Got A Dirty Little Secret...
I'm into MLM. It's not something I thought I'd ever say. Certainly not out loud and proudly. It always seemed a little seedy - the kind...
Niki Spivey
Jan 22, 202111 min read
Lockdown Learning
Nope. Not a post about homeschooling. Or activities for kids. Despite the fact that if you follow me on Instagram you'll know I have a...
Niki Spivey
Nov 3, 20209 min read
I'll tell you what I want...
What I want, what I really, really want, has changed over the years. When this little musical gem smashed its way into the charts in 1996...
Niki Spivey
Aug 14, 20205 min read
Covid - 19
In 1997 when Tony Blair came to power in the UK after 18 years of Conservative rule, I really felt 'part of something'. More...
Niki Spivey
Apr 17, 20207 min read
Loss and Gain
As I stand on the very first metaphorical paver of this whole new decade I can't help but look back on the path that curls out behind me...
Niki Spivey
Mar 18, 20206 min read
Fully Prep(ared)
On Tuesday 28th January 2020, Abel started Prep. Which is just Aussie for 'Reception' to all my friends in the UK. It may well have stood...
Niki Spivey
Feb 13, 20205 min read
Word Up
I love words. Reading and writing. Talking and listening. Swearing. My love of words is possibly why I ended up teaching English -...
Niki Spivey
Jan 16, 20208 min read
Blessing Bette
Last Christmas (apologies if anyone else is now singing Wham.. I know I am). Last Christmas, Sean, Abe, Betts and I went back to the UK....
Niki Spivey
Sep 4, 20198 min read
Girls Support Girls
There's been a lot recently about 'girls supporting girls' in business. There's a facebook page; 'Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine',...
Niki Spivey
Aug 5, 20195 min read
The Day My Mum...
It's been just over three years since mum died, and I still have (some of) her remains sitting in an old fudge tin on a shelf in my...
Niki Spivey
May 2, 20193 min read
Drama Queen
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the biggest drama queen of them all? Abe. It's definitely Abe. But, hands up. I did teach him...
Niki Spivey
Apr 23, 20194 min read
Is twinning winning or sinning?
If you'd have told me pre kids that mum and toddler twinning was a thing, I'd never have believed you. Firstly, there were no...
Niki Spivey
Feb 24, 20196 min read
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