Are there less hours in the day in December? I've got a mass of things to do and by the time I get home from work and cook dinner it seems that the whole evening's gone. Luckily OH is working Saturday morning so will try to fit as much housework as possible in then (in between cooking mince pies, putting the marzipan on the cake etc).

I would ask OH to help tidy things away but he's got a tendancy to bin anything that he himself doesn't actually need so not a safe option. Will get him on bathroom cleaning and hoovering I think - much safer.