My wife keeps the alarm clock on her side. She wakes to the radio set really low. I have to have the actual alarm and she hates that, so she just wakes me up. She just got this Timex model that has a CD player, multiple alarm settings and nature sounds. The nature sounds are cheesey but she likes them. Unfortunately it has to go back because something's not working right. Of course the damn thing keeps going off at 6:30 in the AM with the alarm, of course AFTER the wife has gotten up, and BEFORE I normally get up. If she doesn't get that damn thing in the mail it's going to get smashed.