Ok, let me explain the title to todays blog. All thru my life I have been heavy but during my teen years, I developed a taste for wearing blue. Anything that was blue and every shade of blue. My brother Kris, being a stinky older brother (like most are LOL) had to make fun of everything I did. Well you take a chubby teen and then add lots of blue, you get "Blueberry Kerri", it is catchy and it rhymes! Of course, he could not just tease me at home, he had to take it on vacation with us. For several months, we went up to a little tiny mining town by the name of Jarbidge, NV. We had friends that we'd known all our lives that lived there. A Mom, Dad, 2 boys and 1 girl. The parents of course didn't do much to help the spread of my new nickname but the kids did. All summer long it was hey "Blueberry" what do you want to do today? or hey "bananaberry kerri" do you want to go on a bike ride? (Depending on the color of my shirt!). The one nickname I hated the most was "Eggplant Kerri", it did not rhyme and have you seen one of those veggies-not a pretty site. LOL After that disaster, I did not wear purple shirts anymore!
It is funny, we all are grown now, we all have families and spouses and we all live in different states but anytime we get together or happen to be talking to someone from that time in our lives, it ALWAYS comes up--how is "Blueberry Kerri"? I am still heavy, at 34yrs old and I do love blue (I am actually wearing blue now LMAO) so I guess the name still fits but don't tell my brother--he would never let me hear the end of it!!