jannie - My DH does the same thing. We are both retired, and I wonder why he thinks it is up to me to do all of that stuff. He's capable.........and his being the boss goes just so far.

My sister's husband installed a small chalkboard in the kitchen. When he would leave for work, he'd write an "assignment" for my sister for the day, , such as "bake a pie". don't know if she really did the "assignments" or considered them optional. She laughed when she told me about the "assignment board".

I guess that would be the reverse of a "honey-do" list that many wives keep. We used to keep one at the other house, should start one for this house. I have to write things down or they are forgotten.

Some of the things on the previous list weren't done until we got ready to sell the house! So the new owners benefited from the work but we didn't (except it helped to sell the house).

What a great thing for your dh to do! Mine would never think of that (I clean out the fridge before trash day).

Men do like to *think* they're the boss, don't they? If him keeping a priority list helps you out, then great! I do the same for my husband, otherwise he tends to just putter around.