So, it's that time of the year when we sign our kids up for stuff ... pottery lessons, hockey, dance — you name it, there's a lesson and a team for almost everything these days.

Last night we went to register our girls for indoor soccer. Actually we could only register one of them because of their age difference (3 years) and the fact we only have one car. You see, the league holds games for different age groups on the same night and at the same time but at different community centres ... and with just one set of wheels we can't be in two places at once. (Call me a slacker mom but I'm not up to busing it on a Friday night with one of my kids and her soccer gear in tow.)

But I digress ... as usual.

What I really wanted to chat about is that I want to play soccer. I don't just want to be a soccer mom in the stereotypical sense of the term, but really play the game.

I started thinking about it last Saturday. Our family spent most of the day basking in the sunshine on a soccer pitch while Liv took part in her annual end-of-summer tournament. Soccer is just such a great game ... I started to get, well, a tad envious.

Why can't I join a casual league and run boundlessly across a field? I guess I could — even though I haven't played the game since I was, oh, about 15. I just need to find a women's league in my area that isn't serious ... and that will take me. Then I need to find — er, make — time to take myself to practices and games.

I've also been thinking about guitar lessons. That's another thing I haven't done since my teens and I really, really wish I'd kept it up. (Ah, regret will get me no where.)

My trouble is there are so many things that strike my interest, and yet I never seem to make them a priority — except for my book club. But I should.

Here's where you come in ... what kind of activities (not exercise, ladies), leagues and lessons are you pursuing?

How did you decide (a) what to focus on and (b) make time for it?

I need your inspiration, so write to me! Kathryn