My Appreciation Goes To: See my new Gratitude Blog - http://waajba.com/gratitude/

To My Models & Photographers (Web editors, web editors, web editors, sorry for the drop)

And former models, sad to loose but not forgotten and still appreciated as they go on to other career choices in life 
-Ryan Y. 
I found out today (6-19-2008)  that he will not be able to continue to model for me.  Between school & work that's more than enough to keep Ryan busy.  Thanks for being such a trooper, you guys will still see some of this modeling shots but as time goes on.
-Wendy C. (7-19-2008 (It's hard when you both live on different planets - the travel was killing me, but I do wish Wendy the best))

12-22-2009
Not having updated my site in a very long time, I am thankful I still remember my coding and falling back into being able to do this again but with software that makes it just a bit easier than hard coding by hand :) right now Adobe Dreamweaver is my tool and I am very thankful and appreciative for it.

To People Who Have Contributed In Some Way:

• Thank you Cristina Cunha who has helped me to get though so much, has helped me so much, empowering me enough to be able to get to the point where I could do this with encouragement support and her positive feedback about my jewelry didn't hurt :) 
• Thank you Amy F. the most unbelievably great human being and someone I've been lucky enough to call my friend for many years now.  And proudly she now lets me call her my sister, I was wanting one for a very long time, being the only girl in a house of boys isn't always easy.
• Thank you Rose, my blood, I love the three of you, you, Amy and Jack and I won't say more than that but I will say thank you Rose for taking me with you on your journeys I get to live in two places at once and that is a wonderful thing for me.
• Thank you Dr. Mark Balabanis for being so supportive when things seemed extremely bleak and for understanding the tortured soul side of an artist and so many other things
• Thank you Carol Ellis who took me to one of the first jury contests I won for my jewelry and I found out this year has passed on to the rainbow of colors we call the afterlife.
• Thank you Tammy Cartia for your fearless moments and for your quiet strength, the Burg would not have been the same without you!
• Thank you Janine Gillis for many things but the recent info about Cafe Press will give my t-shirt designs a life of their own and thank you for trying to hang in there in a sea of confusion and sometimes lack of hope. 
• Thank you, my WUSA9 Muses - Kim Martucci and Angie Goff
• Thank you Amazon.com, my new partner in retail because of my associates' store.
• Thank you Lyn R. Bartlett, Ph.D., if it weren't for you I don't think I would have had the strength to finish my Masters degree in Information Systems Management nor would have the tools I need since I have finally realized what I was meant to do.
• Thank you Alex for the times where she shows the sweet and loving person inside of her, being a girl in a tech industry isn't always easy but you know your stuff and that more than speaks volumes, I hope you have a future of happiness always remember it's there. 
• Thank you Tina Turner for proving age is just a number and for inspiring me to have great legs like hers :)
• Thank you Ms. Jones my elementary school art teacher.
• Thank you to ALL of my friends who made me laugh and bring joy to my life
• Thank you Jack, though you can make me crazy sometimes, in the end, I love you and I want to be with just you.
• Thank you Pittsburgh, in a strange way for the films I've been lucky enough to be apart of, I wouldn’t have worked on so many motion pictures if they weren’t such a great place to shot films and the buildings, I love the space and the buildings.
• Thank you to my family DNA which includes Philippine, Native American, Black (African American), Italian, German and Virgin Islander heritage, I love my uniqueness even if the world hasn’t always been ready for things diverse I still love me anyway :)
• Also, I appreciate seeing the beautiful hills of West Virginia, because I truly feel God when I’m in nature
• I know this may seem trite to some but Thank you to the universal positive energy in the world, some call it God, some Buddha, some Mohamed...but the bottom line is, the universe has a most powerful positive force that keeps us all on track and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it.
• Thank you Eastern Market organizers, Diversity Market, for organizing the new Crystal City Market.
• Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful feedback about my work, thank you for sharing in this part of my life.
• Thank you for the days that you can't help but to see how beautiful the world is despite maybe a rocky start to my day.
• Thank you to classical musicians, for without you I think I would not have found one of my great refuges.
• Thank you to Loretta and her son for taking away the not so great renters who lived above me.
• Thank you to my mother and father because I think they are why I learn the way I do and I feel I have learned a lot and will continue to learn for the rest of my life.
• Thank you to all the artists out there who also inspire me in so many ways.