Lindsay Wagner and her sons are enjoying the holidays in the cold country, out on the ski slopes - not worrying about work or separations. However, the actress has some big decisions ahead.

She's trying to figure out what to do with her career.

Since she became a mother, work has always revolved around her sons, who are now ages 12 and 14. She's turned down chances to star in dramatic series in recent years, she explains, because, ``I would have had to leave for work before the boys were up, and I'd get home after they were asleep.''

And so she's limited her work to a TV movie or two a year. (She stars in the USA Network's ``Contagious'' Jan. 22, and in Lifetime's ``Second Chance'' Feb. 9.) That worked out well, she says, because often the projects shot when the boys were on school vacation, and even when they weren't, ``I'd take them along, with a tutor. It would only be for a matter of several weeks.''

Last year they tried something new.

``My older son didn't want to disrupt his school schedule, and so both boys stayed home and I went on location alone. Everyone got along fine - except me, I guess. But we all decided we didn't like the separation. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do, but it's hard. The hours on a half-hour sitcom would be rather civilized, but I like my work to do more than just represent making money.''

Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith