I don't like to clean up around the house. Neither does anyone in my family. We spent 2 and a half hours this morning going room to room picking stuff up, putting it where it should go, and throwing stuff away. It was like torture -- the girls would find ways to get distracted, like go to the basement to put something away and just happen to find a toy they haven't seen in years and have to play with it, Kris and I would get frustrated start snapping at each other. It wasn't much fun, when we got done, Kris and I laughed that we had only spent 2 and a half hours cleaning up and it seemed like forever, but we could watch a football game for 3 hours and the time would fly by. Expectations can change how we look at things and how we spend our time. We are both trying to be better at taking every moment as a gift and finding the opportunities in it, whether it is cleaning up the house, working, talking with family, or doing something we enjoy. It's hard to recognize every moment as an opportunity, but it is a much easier and exciting way to live life.