There are so many layers to my sitch that I'm satrting to think it'll never work out. The upcoming loss of my job is going to make keeping the house for anyone impossible. I have no problem with her staying there now but it may be time to put it on the market and she really doesn't want that. As far as kids go we don't really need a set schedule. the thing we always handle well is time with the kids. I get them when I want or if she needs me to have them and same for her. I'm going to just let the dust settle for a while and try to regroup and reaccess the whole sitch before I decide how to move forward. Thank you all for your constant support and attention to my thread it is graetly appreciated. thank you all.