OMG! well my hubby is my kids step dad, and were not even officialy married, so the only time they listen to him at all is when he is punishing them, and even then they still look to me for " help" no one has ever asked anyone other than mommy for anything, except for once when I said No and that wasn't exceptable for them. My "quiet" time is after bed...usualy when Im too exhausted to do anything...I don't have a sewing room, I have a table in the front of the livingroom. I asked hubby if we could turn our bedroom into a sewing room and just sleep on the couch lol...he said Yes, but I know he doesn't really mean it :) Hubby also has 2 kids of his own...older than mine..so the only two spare rooms in the house are the ones we built for them when they come over on the weekends.. so I dont even have a place to hide for an hour or two.