CURRENT MISSION

Help people learn how simple it is to save money; be more comfortable and lower their carbon footprint on our planet by doing simple things to save energy in their homes.

ABOUT ME

Four members in our family - Bill (61), Holly (57), Caitlyn (21), Renee (17)
Ski Instructor for 23 years (taught full-time for 4 years - Washington state and Idaho)
Hiked and backpacked throughout Washington state
Real Estate broker for 12 years
Owned and operated a Small business finance company for 20 years.
Training in fall of 2009 at South Seattle Community College at Seattle to become a Home Energy Auditor.
BPI Certified Home Energy Auditor
Formed Home Air Seal, LLC in 2009 to work as an independent Home Energy Evaluator for Puget Sound Energy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Our oldest daughter Caitlyn had a couchsurfing experience. Caitlyn was in Paris for 3 months in the summer of 2010 for an EF Language course. She was able to contact and have coffee with some local French girls close to her age. She met one local girl who lived across from the carousel where the French film "Amilie" was filmed. (We have seen Amilie several times) It was exciting for Caitlyn to visit a number of set locations where Amilie was filmed - and, make a new friend with a local Parisian.

Interests

Outdoors - hiking, backpacking,skiing / helping people learn about how they can save money on their energy bills by simple things they can do in their home.

• coffee
• instructor
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• skiing
• business

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been so lucky to meet some of the most incredible and interesting people in the world as a result of my traveling, working and teaching skiing. There is no one thing or event that I can think of - there are so many.

Teach, Learn, Share

I taught skiing for 23 years. I am happy to share my experience and knowledge with anyone who has a love of the outdoors and skiing as I have. In addition, After my experience in the Home Energy Saving business this past year, I have many stories of what I have not only learned about how to save money, be more comfortable and lower our carbon footprint that we make on our planet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States