Hello:)

I'm sitting here at my dining room table having coffee. It's so quiet. Our 3 children are now in all day school and I have to say, it's just odd. I don't know what to do with myself. It's so quiet and still. I feel like I'm doing something wrong by not having them at home... well at least Sarah. We made the decision to put her in all day kindergarten and I'm not sure that was the right thing to do... for me at least. That sounds so selfish I'm sure. She is loving it. She's not loving getting up early in the morning but she's loving it all - going to school for breakfast; taking her lunch and everything else that goes with it. I'm glad she's not one of the kids that is all clingy and has separation anxiety. I can imagine that has to be rough on any parent. Trying to leave and having your child beg and plead you to stay and don't leave them.
So now it's just me. Not knowing what to do with all this time or where to start. I mean there is PLENTY for me to do around the house but there are other things that seem like it'd be nice to figure out while I have all this time on my hands. One thing I am going to do starting week after next is take a French class. I've always wanted to know how to speak French and in the last couple of years, Italian. I have never learned to speak any foreign language so I thought, now, was as a good of time as any:) Everyone says, "oh you should really learn Spanish first". Yes, I think at some point I should but I want to give French a go first. I always think, it would be so cool to be multi-lingual but then I panic and worry what if I can't even learn 1 other language. That's my current worry - that I am to old to learn something complicated. I want to finish my degree. I've been working on it off and on for 19 yrs now and have yet to obtain one. I'm wondering if it's to late now though. I'm also looking into ASL (American Sign Language) classes. That's another thing I've always wanted to learn since I was really young. There was a girl at church camp one year that was deaf and from then on, I've wanted to learn. Then there is embroidery:) I want to learn the old fashioned stitches of embroidery. I would love to show Sarah how to do it one day and have her make a sampler:) I knoooow that sounds way to old fashioned but maybe that's me:)
On top of all of these 'I want/would like to's' Paul and I have slowly (very slowly) but surely been trying to buy some new things for the house. Which brings me to trying to find my style. I'm pretty sure I've found it somewhere between the English Country and Pottery Barn:) I'm from the south and of course I love anything southern. Big old magnolias. Jasmine bushes. Gardenias. Unfortunately, as far as flowers, trees and bushes go, those are not to be found up here.
So welcome to my blog. Hopefully this will be where I can figure out what I am other than a mommy and a wife (which btw, I ADORE being) It's just that I'd like to be able to put something underneath "hobbies" or "interests" when I am asked. Of course my interests are my husband and 3 gorgeous kids but there has to be more to me .... right?