My wife uses lists. As everyone has said, it's better than nagging.
She likes it, so it's OK by me. When I'm done, I make sure to leave the list laying around with all the stuff crossed off though.
It turns nagging about the one thing that didn't get done into a positive thing showing all the stuff you did do.
And then if she writes 'THANKS' with a big smiley, well, that makes everybody happy.