Robin Ridge Ranch

28/08/2024

I’m on the homemade Kefir hamster wheel and I love it! Made fresh every day with 2% milk and refrigerated with vanilla protein powder. YUM!

23/08/2024

Don’t think it’s a good day to put in the work (for yourself) Consider this process to help you know for sure.

14/08/2024

Would you like to be part of a (very) small group strength and HIIT class? If you answered yes, you're in luck and you can start next week.

Here are the details:

Full Body Strength
Tuesday, August 20 @ 9 am & 6 pm

Full Body HIIT
Friday, August 23 @ 9 am & 6 pm

Classes are limited to 3 people per session. You must reserve & pay for your spot 24 hours in advance.

Sessions are held here at Robin Ridge Ranch just outside of beautiful Jamestown, TN (NE of Jamestown off 154) — address will be provided when your reserve your spot.

All equipment will be provided but appropriate workout attire is recommended along with a bottle of water.

Classes are $15 each. Pay via PayPal ([email protected]) or Venmo (-Norris-6)

Message me for more info & if you have any questions.

13/08/2024

Unfortunately I do believe that living on bread alone is a distinct possibility.

11/08/2024

Great idea! Be sure to get your focaccia loaf next weekend at the Fentress Country Farmers Market from Lou.

30/06/2024

I've always been an active girl — working with my horses & incorporating all sorts of fitness modes into my life along the way.

Well, in 2017 Jerbud and I decided to move from Missouri to Tennessee. We stopped going to the gym and focused on downsizing, packing, moving, and then finally got into developing our new property.

By the middle of 2018 I realized that I had been to Subway far too many times & I had better start getting back into better routine for my health & weight. I weighed 132 # which was my pregnancy weight with both my kids in the late 80s.

It has taken six years to get back to a healthy weight for me.

I started with Keto & did that long enough to help me recover quickly from total hip replacement in late 2018. I did find Keto to be unsustainable so now I eat mostly healthy foods in moderation.

Once I could get back to moving after the hip replacement, walking became my exercise. I walked every day — increasing the length of my walks so much that in October of 2019 I was able to run a half marathon & finished 2nd place for my age group.

Since then I have kept moving & began incorporating resistance training into my life in a major way.

In 2022 I sought the help of a wonderful personal trainer, Coach Adam from New Horizon Athletics in Jamestown to help me start regaining a better level of fitness after suffering a broken wrist.

I loved New Horizon Athletics so much that I graduated to their adult class where we worked our butts off up to 6 days a week. Those classes were so effective & I loved my workout family there.

Last year I decided, what the heck, study Personal Training... and got my certification for that, then went on to study Nutrition Counseling. Earlier this year I took the Corrective Exercise course.

Recently, Jerbud built us an amazing gym in our barn. I've been working out there since March of this year and have never been stronger — stronger than when I was even in high school!

Several people come over and workout with me. I like to help them see that they are stronger than they think they are.

Right now, my job is fitness and I wouldn't have it any other way.

25/06/2024

Guess who got her butt back in the saddle today?

08/03/2024

How much of your diet is processed or ultra low?

‎Show The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D., Ep How the Standard American Diet is Making Us Depressed, Anxious, and Inflamed - Mar 8, 2024

21/02/2024

I’m 62 years old and have owned and cared for 11 horses for roughly 34 of those years. I still have four of the 11 and in those years I’ve learned enough to come to the conclusion that it’s not about me it’s about them. What can I do to make their existence and daily life comfortable and give them peace and safety. I could continue to ride but for the past year have chosen not to. We all get along pretty good like this. Every day I feed & clean up after them. Grooming is a regular occurrence as is hoof, dental, and vet care. They’re much happier to see me these days. Here they are lined up for breakfast in their private dining rooms

11/02/2024

I’m going to attempt this before this month is over to earn the patch for my plate carrier. Today it was rainy & dreary so I did the burpees from 20 to 15 and jogged in place for about 3 minutes in between burpee sets. And I’m coming off Covid so I feel like I’m coming from behind.

05/02/2024

Not too long ago I was discussing life with a long time dear dear friend who is not a horse person. But when we were young, we would go to the local horse renting place and rent a couple horses and ride together.

We got round to horse life. I am forever grateful that she asked me the question she asked. It has helped me to understand the depths of my devotion to my equine friends.

I explained that I had stopped riding about a year ago and that I did not feel I was missing anything by not riding and still enjoyed caring for them.

She said, “don’t you think it’s time to get rid of the horses, Troy?”

Wait. What????

No. It’s not time.

My current horses have all been in my care (and with each other) ranging from 23 to 11 years.

Now a couple of them spent a little time away from me to go spend some time with teenage girls but they were not gone for long. The going away and coming home of these two horses revealed just how much these animals remember and value each other as part of their horsey community. I have a story about that I can tell later.

For now I am committed to making life as excellent as possible for these four beautiful souls who have partnered with me and my husband for so long.

They have tolerated my desire to compete.

They have helped me feel powerful and fast.

They have comforted me on days when I thought I couldn’t go on or take one more “thing…”

They have filled my eyes with immeasurable beauty and filled my lungs with that heavenly fragrance only a horse possesses.

They have kept me moving on days when the last thing I wanted to do was bundle up like an Eskimo and go feed them and pick up & dispose of their offerings….

I am a horsewoman even if I no longer ride. Riding is no longer the priority. Not saying I’ll never again saddle up and go for a little trek though. In fact I’m keeping my saddles and tack.

So when will it be “time?” It will be when each horse makes it apparent that living is too difficult/painful. I believe that I know each of them well enough to see the signs.

01/01/2024

My 6 am workout girls Kay & Ruth. But wait … who did we catch in the background? That’s Coach Nick who always reminds us to “remain humble” and that “we don’t have to be here—we get to be here.” I love it! Here’s to another year of early morning workouts with friends, health, love, faith, and good times.

28/12/2023

27/12/2023

Today I celebrate 62 years of blessings, trials, growth, love, heartache, healing, and many lessons of life. My lovely friends Ruth and Kay took me to our favorite coffee shop this morning and it was so wonderful. Wish I had thought to get a good photo of them at Going to try to work on friendships and genuine relationships this year as I have slacked in that area for quite awhile. It’s a challenge as I tend toward being more introverted and that doesn’t always look friendly even though I do love a lot of people and see their goodness but have trouble showing it.

15/12/2023

"Motivation doesn't create action that creates results. Action creates results that create motivation."
-Mike Matthews

SO TAKE ACTION

14/12/2023

Saw one of my favorite Instagram girls make these and they looked so easy I decided to give it a try. Yep they are just as easy and yummy as you can imagine. She stuffs her dates with a Brazil nut then rolls them into a ball shape, rolls them in melted dark chocolate, then rolls again in crushed nuts. Literally took me about 10 minutes or less. Thanks for the inspiration 💙

13/12/2023

Okay this NEVER happens — until today. They have their own beds but for some reason today it was acceptable to actually have contact while napping. Maybe Harley is cold and Logan is too tired from our hike to grouch about it 😬

10/12/2023

I managed to do just a tiny bit of Christmas decorating (lol) this year. Maybe next year I’ll do a lil more. Taking my mama to a Christmas concert tonight at the big Baptist church in town. Maybe that’ll get me in the holiday spirit.

09/12/2023

The Robin Ridge Ranch crew at rest this afternoon. They’re all pretty dirty from rolling in the mud spa we had after last weekend’s rain.

The gray mare is Wish, she’s been with me since 2001. She will be 26 soon. The dark bay is Leonardo. He has been with me since 2005– the year he was born. After that is our Spotted Saddle Horse Tennessee, now 20 years old and has been with me for 16 of those years. Then there’s Courage, the bay in hiding … he’s been with us for close to 11 of his 15 years. I like them all a lot.

I have saddled up exactly 4 times this year. A record low for me & I’m cool with it — I think they are as well.

But we’re going to start getting out more in 2024.

08/12/2023

From my devotional this morning.

05/12/2023

I wish that I could sleep until at least 4 am.

04/12/2023

Excellent read! It’s not about living forever or living to be 100. It’s better than that — living better until the end. Healthspan. You’re not too young to start thinking about these things.

So glad I found it Native Provisions last weekend.