November - January 2, 2008

November 7 — Arrows to Wampum - From mighty Indian chiefs to the bravest of the braves, learn about our indigenous forebears from history professors Alex Smith and Sandra Harvey.

November 14 — The World is Flat - Geography Awareness Day celebrates why geography keeps us connected. Go global with Buck Buchanan in Tech GIS Lab 114.

November 21 — No Session

November 28 — Toast of the Town - Jeff Sauls of Cy-Fair Toastmasters conducts a mini workshop on how to speak with confidence and exercise leadership skills in your everyday environment. A Joint FSEC/LIFE Professional Development Program

December 5 — The Skinny on Metabolic Resistance - Dr. Mary Alavi of Balanced Health and Wellness has the new millennial answer to the age old question: How do you maintain energy and combat weight gain? Joint program with the Wellness Committee.

December 12 — Party Pot Luck - Join the library staff, the Friends of the Library and our Academy for Lifelong Learning for some food and games.
( For the pot luck, you can just come and enjoy or bring a favorite dessert or side dish. Turkey will be served!)

December 19 — No Session

December 26 — No Session

January 2 — No Session

NOTE: LIFE resumes January 9, 2008

December 12 - Party Pot Luck

Please send the recipes for the dishes everyone brought to the pot luck, so that they may be shared with everyone here. Thanks for coming everyone. We had a lot of fun.

Here is the recipe for the corn casserole.

1 can cream style corn

1 can regular corn, undrained

3 or 4 eggs (depending on size), lightly beaten

1/2 cup of oil (I use corn oil or canola)

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 onion, finely chopped

Pinch of salt

1 package of Jiffy Corn muffin mix

Use corn undrained. Add beaten eggs, oil,salt and onions. Mix with Jiffy mix and 1/2 cup of the cheese.

Pour into a lightly grease 9"X13" dish. Top with remaining cheese. Bake 45 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

This is so easy to make and is great to bring to pot-luck dinners.

December 5 - The Skinny on Metabolic Resistance

Dr. Mary Alavi of Balanced Health and Wellness returned for a fantastic program.

Her clinic's website is www.balancedhealthandwellness.com

located at 16125 Cairnway / Suite 110 / Houston, TX 77084

Phone: 281.855.2273
Fax: 281.855.0710