About Us

Welcome to Solar Power at Home's About Us page.

Mostly it's me, Deb, that builds and tends this site but my husband, Captain Joe is a curious onlooker and my most enthusiastic cheerleader.

We have one child, a daughter, who is largely responsible for the fact that I have become a webmaster. To round things out we also have 2 boisterous grandsons who love to camp with us or just come and spend the weekend at Gramma and Grampa's. A large assortment of beloved relatives and friends complete our Canadian circle.

In 2000 we sold the farm and planned a life upon the sea. We dabbled in organic farming on our acreage while I worked as an EMT and taught first aid and CPR classes at a training center.

All the time we worked we were dreaming of our sailboat . While we dreamed we took classes and learned to sail in preparation for our new adventure.

After a few years we sold our acreage and made some major adjustments to our life, rented a suitable place to spend our summers and began to seriously look for our boat. It wasn't long 'til "Pacific Jade" stole our hearts and the deal was done in a remarkably short period of time.

In the winters we live aboard our 41 foot sailboat in Mexico. During that time we are powered almost exclusively with solar power to provide some of the comforts of home while in some very remote places.

Summer months we spend in Canada visiting and camping and sharing experiences with our favourite Canadians. And, oh yeah, we work

I recently retired from my job as an EMT but still teach First Aid and CPR classes... and now I grow websites.

Joe is welcomed back every spring as a heavy equipment operator for the county.

Semi retirement is better than no retirement at all, but what we really need is a job we can take anywhere. Websites have given us exactly what we needed to move it to the next notch. A paying job that you can do from anywhere there's internet access.

I used to blog our sailing story while we were gone and happened to mention the solar panels a couple of times.

I was surprised to find a handful of my comments came from people who were searching for solar information. They said encouraging things and set my mind in the solar direction. That's where this site came from.

Currently I'm working on my next website and planning for our next winter aboard Pacific Jade.

Update 2009

Things have changed a bit for us. As the websites generate more money we have more freedom to choose where we want to be and we make the most of it.

Joe and I are still semi retired but the summer job has changed. For the last 2 years we've come back to beautiful BC, Canada to manage a marina on a small island. Our daughter and grandsons live on the same island so we still spend lots of quality time together during the summer.

Winter hasn't changed much, we spend it aboard the boat cruisng up and down the Mexican coast with some of the finest people on the planet.

Life is Grand!

I have SBI! to thank for giving me the tools I needed to build a profitable website. Our lives would be very different without it.