Seems like such a long time ago, and yet such fond memories…

God loves you and all His children. He is anxious to support you in your practical and specific challenges. You have been promised inspiration to know what to do and have been given the power to do it (see D&C 43:15–16). He will help you as you try to recognize and understand the Spirit through diligent scripture study. He will guide you to people who will receive the message of the Restoration. He will give you power to deliver the message and to testify of Christ and His gospel. He will shower His blessings upon you through the gift of the Holy Ghost. He asks that you remain worthy of this gift and that you ask, seek, and knock (see D&C 4:7; Matthew 7:7–8). (Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service, How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit?)

My baby boy gets fussy, wish I knew what about. Haven’t figured out all his cries yet. He loves snorting, I think he does this because he is really hungry and getting mad that we aren’t doing anything about it. I just love my little boy!

I’m sitting here listening to the book of mormon audio that I downloaded from the lds.org site (really convenient that I don’t have to purchase the cds or even have cds) and I have noticed a significant improvement in the spiritual feelings that I have had today. I seek for the blessing that come from getting closer to God and I am so grateful that his mighty hand reaches out and gives me the support that I need. I was able to read this morning before church for about an hour in the book of mormon, and I noticed a different feeling at church. Aside from my frustration in my apparent lack of memory skills, I can’t really complain about my situation right now. Only 3 months left till Ethan comes out, my wife is so ready for him to come out, because when he is awake, he kicks and punches her like crazy. It makes it really hard for her to sleep at all, better for him to be out when both of us can take care of him, and perhaps eventually he can get his days and nights straightened out. I am so anxious for the opportunity to be a dad, I never really thought about it until I actually got married. There is such a big difference, I never realized what I was missing. Now that I have it coming, I can’t say its all been easy, but the blessings that have come are leaps and bounds above anything that I could have attained before. I was pretty selfish, and my direction was lacking, I didn’t really have a purpose. Now however, things have changed, and the blessing of being a husband and future father weigh in on my mind and make me very emotional. I’m so happy.

I can’t help but be thankful for my wife, she has been such a blessing to my life. I can’t even number the amount of things that have gotten better in my life because of her. She is almost to her 3rd trimester, one more week to go. I was watching Ethan move around this morning, it sure looks like he wants to come out soon!

I was a little impatient with a load of laundry today and canceled my Whirlpool Duet Sport Washer a little early so that I could get throw another load in and get to work, instead it decided to stop working and give me an error code of F 01 flashing on the little display. I didn’t have any time to figure it out until I got home tonight when I was supposed to be doing my homework, or at least sleeping! Anyways, searched on google and found a beautiful reference to the error code at http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/appliances/error-code-f-01-whirlpool-duet-washer-250513.html from the user v111.  At first I couldn’t figure out what he was saying because his post was truncated and I had to read all the way to page four of the comments to find his whole process for fixing my broken washer:

Hi, After about year and half Whirlpool duet sport gave F01 error code. The technician manual is located under the lower front panel. There are three possible reasons for F0: 1) EEPROM ERROOR. Unplug a washer for two minutes. Try running it again. (Did not work for me). 2) MAIN RELAYS ERROR. The tech manual suggests replacing CCU. The following is what I did and it fixed the problem, however. Unplug the washer. Remove the top cover by removing the three screws on the back. The CCU unit is in the right bottom corner if standing in front of the washer – it has a lot of wiring. Plug in the unit. While listening to the CCU start any washing cycle. After pressing START you should hear the relay to click. If it clicks twice, within a less than a second, it has a problem. Unplug the washer. Without disconnecting any wires remove the CCU cage from the washer wall. Stand now on the right hand side of the washer in such way that the CCU cage is under your left hand. Pull the right upper corner of the CCU plastic cage (it has a tab) away from you, slide the cage to the right by about an inch, and pull the entire cage away from you. Now knock on the back side of the cage 4-5 times with a bit of force. Install the CCU cage back. Plug in the unit. Try some washing cycle again. If it did not help, repeat the procedure. If it did not work again, see the following. 3) PUMP DRIVE ERROR. The tech manual suggests replacing CCU.

I did have some problem removing the CCU because I was trying to remove the front plate instead of the whole unit like he suggests.  If you are seeing circuit board, you are removing the wrong thing.  The whole piece slides off moving away from you if you are facing the front of the washer, just release the clip and push until it releases.  I gave it a few hard knocks like v111 recommended and I am listening to my washer work as I type.  I am so thankful for the internet and for people like v111 who share their solutions with the world.  Thank you so much!!