Random follow #95 - @UpsideBackwards

There is something really special when a child draws a picture for you.  Its special in a way that makes your heart melt and it goes all gooey inside you.  @UpsideBackwards has one of those very types of pictures as her twitter avatar.  Someone very special drew a picture for Kate and she has chosen to use it as an expression of herself.  (It may or may be a picture of her exactly but hey).

When I log in to twitter I look forward to seeing some refreshing news and funny tweets to cheer up my day.  Some people have a knack of  making you laugh and enjoy your day that little bit and its not like they're trying hard.  often time its just them being themselves.  And you really know that someone is going to be value when you enjoy seeing just their twitter name pop up.

 This is not Kate.  But it is upside down.

@UpsideBackwards is one creative twitter name.  Matched only in its creativity by the owners name Kate UpsideBackwards.  And yes - we have profiled a few mums on the RKT blog so far but I in no way apologise for that.  i mean seriously where else can you find these kinds of hilarious tweets -

"10yo wants me to stop nagging her to do her practice. I told her I will - when she's done her practice! #Ihatethenaggingasmuchasshedoes"

"6yo is in a play at school this morning. He has 1 line. "Let's kill our parents!" Oh lovely. #actinginmaorimyths"

except from the mind of a mum.  kate also isn't afraid to jump in and have a conversation with people who are conversing about interesting things.  And whats really cool  is she tweets about ALMOST everything.  In one evening you can find the following topics -

rugby, soccer, mums, doctors, baby boot camp, Mondays, John Campbell, crosswords and sex.  Not sexy crosswords but crosswords as one topic and sex as another.  Cool? 

What do I like best about @UpsideBackwards?  Her genuine, honest and hilarious approach to tweeting.  If you are looking for a down to earth tweeter who see's things slightly sideways and may throw a few oddball or curve ball tweets in every now and then - well Kate is the tweeter for you.  Go on, give her a try.  You won't regret it.  :)

This is not Kate either.  

But being a Mum does require the skills of a ring master.

Oh and if you are really keen to follow @UpsideBackwards? then you should check out her website too.  Its pretty good.

Random follow #93 - @bellybeyond

Being a mum is hard, no one can deny that. But being a mum, who runs a business too, is much harder. And today’s random Kiwi tweeter does just that. @BellyBeyond is the twitter account run by Louisa, or Lou, one half of the team that started Belly Beyond, an online baby store selling everything a mother will need from Belly to Beyond.

Lou and her best friend, Heidi, launched the business on Mother’s Day 2008. Since then they have built a very active Social media presence, both on Facebook and Twitter, for their business, although it would be fair to say they are much more active on Facebook than Twitter. The Facebook page is more orientated towards the business and Twitter is a cross between business tweets and personal tweets from Lou.

But just because their Facebook page is more active, does not mean Lou doesn’t tweet much, she does, although days can go by without a single tweet then Boom, Lou will hit her followers with a tweet like this:

"What's another word for package? As in grouping of products. #keepitclean "

Both Lou and Heidi have a great sense of humor, you just have to look at their About Us page on their website to see that, and that sense of humor comes across in tweets like these:

"Can't believe I just wrote wear instead of where. It's all downhill to 'your welcome' from here.
#grammarfail"

"New order in and I commented "that's a weird name". "Fname Lname" It dawned on me there might be some testing going on #giggle "

"Almost choked eating a grape. I think this proves that eating healthy is not good for you.
#coughcoughcough "


I have met Lou IRL, and have bought from their online store so I can personally vouch for both the lady and the business. So if you are looking for something to buy for a new mum, not so new mum, a child, or a dad, (Yes, Belly Beyond sells things for Dads too) then follow @bellybeyond on Twitter and you may find what you are looking for, and you might just see a tweet that makes you laugh too.

(Note - today's post is brought to you by the very talented @pammygirl)