How is this man allowed to be president of any country?

I am not sure if this made the news in the USA, to be honest I really hope it didn't. It is sad to think that Lula Ignacio da Silva (president of Brazil) is capable to still surprise me. He is a terrible president, do not be fooled by what CNN says, or Fox for that matter. This man is crazy. He has middle school education, barely knows how to read and write, he was a union worker that retired at age 30 something due to disability (he lost his pinky finger in a work-related accident, and has alleged that he is unable to work ever since). He entered politics, into the PT party. Which stands for Partido trabalhador -the Working Party. Their symbol is a white star with a red backdrop, much like comunism. His party and himself have very communistic like ideas. He has a huge ego because he backs this whole switching to sugar cane alcohol as fuel for a "green world". But he is full of it, he is doing it for the money of course. He is ignorant and just a terrible man. He supports Chavez, and he stood against the US throughout the fight against terrorism in the world. I can just go on and on about how corrupt he is as well. But today I am focusing on the recent ridiculous words that came out of his mouth. In a meeting with a British Prime minister they were discussing the financial crisis in the world. And when asked how he viewed the crisis he said - quoted! "the world crisis was not caused by blacks or indians, but by white people with blue eyes" - yes, you read it right. That is what he said, he continued by saying - do you people know any black banker? so I ask you... who caused this crisis.
Unbelivable.
So that is it, I caused the crisis... put me in jail. I am as white as anyone can be (specially lately without any sun) and yes, I do have blue eyes.
This man is insane, Racist doesn't begin to describe his ignorance.
He is always on the news saying something stupid, but this one was just ridiculous. What a shame... and he was elected president... Probably because voting here in Brazil is obligatory by the law, for everyone, no matter what... so buying votes here is a real thing.
It is hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel when your president is this man... Brazil is such an amazing country, so much potential, good people... if only the right government would take over.
see the link-
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510954,00.html

Daddy

Summer is officially over here in Brazil, as of yesterday. But it is still 100F, so not sure when the heat will end. Here, much like Florida, there are only two seasons - summer and almost summer. We have not adapted to this heat, unfortunately, we still miss our AC very much.
Isabela is great! This weekend Jason had the idea to buy a little thing to make bubbles, and she absolutely loved. He would blow the bubbles and she was trying to catch them. Fun for hours, she just did not get tired of it. She is getting so smart too. Her new word is : out. When she is done at eating, she says out, she wants out of the chair. When we arrive somewhere she pulls on her seatbelts and says OUT. She continues to say Daddy, and call for Dad; but no mommy, mom or anything similar to that. I'm starting to take this personal :-(. He also knows when is bath time, she yells Baaaa, and starts rubbing on her belly.
Her bedtime routine is what makes me so proud! It took 15 months, but we are finally there! Don't get me wrong, there are the ocasional nights when she wakes up at 2am crying for no reason.. but all in all her routine is set. And is a good one. At 7pm she gets 1 cup of milk, then we watch 15 minutes of cartoons, and read books. At 7:30 pm we brush our teeth, wash our hands and ready for bed. I say good night, daddy says goodnight, I put her in her crib, and say that I love her and we'll play tomorrow again, turn the lights off, and that is it. She goes to sleep without a peep! Amazing... from having to rock her to sleep for 45 minutes to this! I am so happy and proud. It was a slow transition, but it was worth it. She does wake up early, around 5 to 5:30 am she is up and ready for the day. But that is okay with me for now, at least she is sleeping through the night!
I think that is all the news for today. I am going to catch up on some tv shows now, Greys anatomy is killing me with the Izzie story line!

sorry.. it has been a while.

Two days ago Jason and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! Last week we got to go spend 2 days in a resort/spa in the mountains. Just the two of us, as my mother stayed with Isabela. The 2 day trip was suppose to be 3, but I could no longer stay so far from my little baby. Who by the way is no longer a little baby. She is 15 months old! And she is walking, running, dancing, playing and being so funny. She loves music, any kind, a commercial with a song is good enough reason for her to dance. She flaps her arms around and pretends she is singing along. Adorable! She is transitioning slowly to table foods.. she still prefers her homemade baby pureed foods though. She will try some rice, beans, chicken... but she usually only takes 2-3 bites and gets tired of it. She loves yogurt with prunes though, eats it every morning.
On a different subject- Jason applied for a job with his old company HSN. We've decided to move back to the US, but for that he will need a job. With the economy the way it is we aren't sure how easy that will be. But we are hopeful for this job. I'll keep you all posted.
I am doing well, still see some patients at home for the usual stuff like weight loss counseling, diabetes couseling or athletes looking to increase muscle mass. I miss my work with kids the most... I hope to return to that at least part time once I get back to FL.
Our summer has been super hot here, around 100-105F daily, which is bad but we get those temperatures in FL too, the only difference here is the lack of AC! Sleeping has been a challenge, we wake up in the middle of the night to change our sheets that are soaked... horrible visual sorry. With March halfway done, hopefully will come the more moderate temperatures of April. Our summer here really doesn't end until mid July.
We've been trying to get in the pool whenever possible, Isabela loves the water! She is going to love Clearwater Beach!