My dad was the saaaame way. He's an early morning person, so he's up by 5:00 each morning. He used to turn the radio on by 7:00 because, of course, he'd been up for 2 hours already so everyone else must be ready to get up! And then he'd be preparing supper at that time so the smells of spices are wafting through the house...not the first thing you want to smell in the morning