Q. How to get your man to do all those ‘get around to’ jobs …
A. Put your house on the market.

Q. How to make him enjoy doing those jobs so much that he starts whistling while he’s doing them …
A. Toddler psychology.

Q. How to make him shut up already with the blasted whistling …
A. Wifely promises

This week's tally:

Garden – grass cut, borders weeded, fences re-stained.
Loft – piled high.
Bathroom – bleach resistant bits re-grouted and resealed.
Windows – cleaned and polished to sparkly showroom standard.
Kitchen food cupboard (and this is the one that makes me fear I may have gone a tad too far with the wifely promises) - completely emptied, cleaned and rearranged - in military, face to the front order.