Today was the big day off the ranch, well more for Anthony really, as I am always off the ranch and making tracks. That being said this was likely our first date since this same date last year!

Today was our date to go check our bulls at The Douglas Bull Test Station. Yes, romantic I know ? We left at 9:30 and swung into McDonalds before hitting the road on the 2.5 hour drive there. For those of you from Manitoba, Doyglas is just East of Brandon on the #1 highway!

We made it to Douglas in good time and spent about an hour or so walking through the pens. This year we have nine bulls there and last year we had three. They seem to be doing well and it’s so neat to be seeing our absolute genetics in action. Pretty proud to say that we have some good looking bulls with some good epd’s. We will know more once they are ultra sounded coming up soon.

After taking pictures we hit the road back to Winnipeg and stopped at our favourite restaurant. Guess? The Keg of course, and for anyone that knows me, they know that I had sirloin oscar medium rare with a side of asparagus rather than potato. Anthony had steak and crab. For appetizers we had our favourites which are calamari and Mushrooms Neptune. Yes, we absolutely splurge the couple times are year that we normally get out!

I loved seeing our animals and dining out at our favourite place to eat. More than that, I loved the uninterrupted time together with Anthony doing something I love doing….driving! Being with Anthony in my truck is my favourite thing to do. It’s quality time uninterrupted, well almost, if it wasn’t for Twitter. Anthony not me. I love to drive so I usually volunteer to do all the driving.

Jokes aside, it’s my favourite time because we get to catch up without home or farm distractions. The new sights and countryside stir up my creative juices and get me in a talkative. We often end up talking, dreaming and having the best discussions about our plans for growing the farm. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these days.

Here are a few pictures from the day and I included one from Douglas so you can see what it is all about!

This is what a farmer date looks like and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Correction, I would have it this way…..more often ?.

Your Bull Inspecting Friend,

Tracy

“What got me here, won’t get me there.”

How true this saying is. As an entrepreneur, I have had to change so many times as my business grew, and in turn, my role changed. You have to or your business will suffer! With each growth phase our team grew and we added new people. This meant a bigger team, more new personalities and increased responsibility. I thrive on it, however, it is a big demand on the mind and body. To say it’s challenging is an understatement!

Most days I love it, however, today I am feeling massively frustrated with an area of growth for myself. Leadership. Like everything, there is always the next level to learn and progress to. I feel it’s time to focus on leadership for a bit and up my game there.

So noted. Tracy start learning about leadership! On it!

Your Agile Ninja Boss,

Tracy

I ended up forgetting. No cheating Tracy. This post is getting marked as skipped. No missed is the correct word.

Tremendous work is being done in the agriculture industry to promote Mental Health and I think a round of ?? is deserved for our industry, our farmers and especially The Do More Agriculture Foundation

We are talking, listening and stepping up to be there for each other.

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