Robbie Diane Cheatham:  

Life: I retired on January 6, 2006 after 30 years of coaching, teaching and school administration. I started a new career on Jan. 17th working for the state. I hated the job and resigned after about 9 weeks. I sat home a couple of weeks and almost lost my mind so I took a teaching position with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs on the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Az. It was alot of fun and very interesting. I lived 15 miles off the highway across 3 beautiful canyons in the back of nowhere. I even had to chop firewood to stay warm. Those of you who know me know that is not my idea of a good time. I went back to my home on Inks Lake in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. I stayed home about a year and took off again. I taught in Woodward, Oklahoma about 40 miles from the Kansas border. I really enjoy the Oklahoma weather--we all think the Texas weather is crazy---I have now experienced a snowstorm and a tornado on the sameday???? And a full blown F5 tornado!!!!! I have become such an Okie that I drive around to pickup fast food before going to the shelter after the tornado warning has been announced. I even think being snowed in for 3 or 4 days during a 36 inch blizzard is the ultimate---just be sure you have all kinds of snack food, hot cider, old movies,a good book or two and a great old flannel bathrobe to lounge around in. In May of 2014 I moved to a small town in Southwest Oklahoma. i taught in Fre...Expand for more