Rikki - IRL

Social media is so funny!!

There’s a super thin line between being real and airing your shit for everyone to see.

Or between being authentic but also preferring that not everyone knows about ALL of your struggles, hardships or failures.

On the flip side, balancing the positive without pretending perfection is also tough.

I don’t mind being a role model.

In fact, one of my very favorite things EVER is to empower others.

To show people how powerful they are, and what they are capable of.

To help inspire others to keep their power, and stop giving it away so freely.

to think outside the box.

to question everything.

to really learn to trust their intuition.

But I do NOT want to pretend like I’m perfect or even that have it all together.

I feel like I’m a successful person. I run a growing business and have a passion for health and wellness and empowering others.

Flip side- bed stays unmade most days. Supposedly Sadam Hussein left his bed unmade every day too.

The fitted sheet on my unmade bed has pen marks all over it from a budding artist.

On one hand, I’ve lost almost 5 pounds in the last two weeks.

However, I still have 25 lbs of baby weight to lose. But I’m nursing a baby AND a toddler, and am strong and healthy and *maybe* I love quarantine snacks.

We have two of the most adorable and beautiful cats.

One of them (I don’t know which) is a real asshole though and peed in the dryer TWICE this week. Like, hopped in and PEED ON OUR CLEAN CLOTHES. I don’t know why.

I am a minimalist and keep things pretty cleaned out.

But I also had a large variety pack of 10 bacon-flavored spices arrive from Australia. I don’t really even like bacon (yeah I know, be shocked) but this was another online purchase I only vaguely remember buying weeks ago. I’m honestly not sure how I am so sucked in to online advertising, but I am.

I also bought a bug zapper, a special butter knife, baby float, teether egg, and temperature color changing aloe vera lipstick.

My kids are amazing. They’re hilarious, smart and sweet. They help run this house and are awesome and dependable.

They can also be disgusting.

I had to throw away a Barbie toilet from the dollhouse because Carstyn peed in it. I also had to clean up carpet because after he peed in the tiny toilet he then carried it through several rooms to proudly bring it to me, sloshing it along the way.

I also found a sink full of toothpaste spit, chocolate chips and Barbie hair....and when I asked what happened the very limited answer was that Caiya gave her barbies haircuts last week. But whhyyyyy the chocolate chips?! And why did everyone continue to brush their teeth and spit on top of the Barbie hair and chocolate chips, without cleaning it up?!

Calix made the most delicious and incredible croissants for Father’s Day. They took him two full days in the kitchen and tasted like heaven!

The night the dough was rising on the counter our psycho dog came in and ate TEN OF THEM. She then proceeded to lay around bloated, miserable and farting LOUD farts the entire day. She showed no remorse.

So here’s your reminder that social media is a very small and controlled peek into someone’s life.

Remember to try and judge that sparingly!