JoeK, Amen to that brother! (I hope my wife don't see this post!)
All I gotta do is say I'm headin' outside and she'll decide to sleep in.
Also, I insist on going out early. I like to see the sun come up over IBSP as I come out of Forked River. My wife refers to it as the "butt-crack of dawn". That's too early for her!