thank you both. i got my timers working fine. i am able to use tmr0 and tmr1 in my project. even though i could not get a resultion of 65us i was able to get a good reading at 100us which i think should be good enough for what i need.

as for the ASM, your right. i do need to sit there for a day or 2 to figure out ASM and all it is is my lazyness. maybe when i really need to learn it i'll sit there and learn it. but for now im good.

thank you all for your help.

jose