YOU HEAD OUT.

WE ARE WARMING UP TODAY.

THAT MEANS MELTING.

WE HAVE MARY MCGUIRE

JOINING US ON THE COUCH FOR THE

LOW DOWN.

MARY IS NEW TO THE WCCO TEAM.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE YOU

GUYS A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW

MARY.

GOOD MORNING.

WELCOME HOME.

BECAUSE YOU WERE LAST IN

FLORIDA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I SWEAR I'M NOT CRAZY MAKING

THE REVERSE MIGRATION FROM

FLORIDA TO MINNESOTA.

COMING FROM TAMPA IN

JANUARY, THAT'S BRAVE.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HOME.

FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS IT MIGHT

HAVE BEEN A RISKY MOVE MOVING

IN JANUARY I'M GOING TO SHOW

THEM A PICTURE OF THE HUGE

ALLIGATOR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

EARLIER.

YOU GREW UP IN MEDINA.

I WENT TO HOLY ANGELS FOR

HIGH SCHOOL.

I DECIDED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA

FOR COLLEGE AND MADE THE TRIP

BACK HOME TO MINNESOTA.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED

ABOUT BEING HOME FOR?

I THINK BEING CLOSE TO

FAMILY.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT FOR

ME.

BEING CLOSE TO MY BROTHERS THAT

ARE AND MY AUNT AND UNCLES AND

COUSINS.

IT IS EXCITING TO BE HOME IN

MINNESOTA.

YOU GOT TO WORK IN

ROCHESTER.

ALLY AND I ARE ALUMNI OF THE

SAME STATION IN ROCHESTER.

THAT TOWN HAS A SPECIAL PLACE

IN MY HEART.

YOU MOVED HERE WITH YOUR

RESCUE?

I LIKE TO CALL HIM A SAUSAGE

DOG.

I'LL DEALING WITH THE COLD

FINE.

HE IS NOT DEALING WITH IT FINE.

GOING?

LAST NIGHT IT WAS FUNNY.

HE WAS JUST SLIPPING ON ALL OF

THE ICE.

DO YOU HAVE THE BOOTIES?

THEY ARE IMPORTANT.

YES, WE HAVE THE BOOTIES.

HE RIPS THEM OFF.

I MIGHT NEED TO TACK THOSE ON.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

ABOUT YOU.

ARE YOU THE KIND OF PERSON WHO

DRESSES YOUR DOG UP IN

COSTUMES?

YOU KNOW, THERE HE IS.

OH MY GOODNESS.

JUST WAITING FOR A TUMMY

SCRATCH.

COSTUMES YES OR NO?

DON'T JUDGE, JASON.

THERE IS NO JUDGING.

HE IS SO STINKING CUTE.

WE DO LOVE GOOD PICTURES OF

ANIMALS IN COSTUMES.

SEND THEM IN.

HE IS A WEANER DOG SO YOU

HAVE TO DRESS HIM UP LIKE A HOT

DOG FOR HALLOWEEN.

SO YOU ARE SAYING YOU HAVE

DONE THAT?

YES.

MARY HAS A MASTERS DEGREE

FROM UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI.

TELL US WHEN YOU CAME HOME DO

YOU HAVE A FAVORITE RESTAURANT

OR PARK TO GO TO?

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITES?

MY MOM'S COOKING IS MY

FAVORITE RESTAURANT.

IS MOM WATCHING?

SHE IS DEFINITELY WATCHING.

THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY FUN NEW

RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE COME TO

MINNEAPOLIS SINCE I REALLY

LIVED HERE FULL-TIME.

BUNNY'S IS A CLASSIC.

GREAT PLACE TO WATCH A GAME.

IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK.

YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS DOING A

GOOD QUESTION SEGMENT MY

PHOTOGRAPHER AND I WENT TO

BUNNY'S FOR LUNCH.

PEOPLE WERE BUYING US SHOTS.

THOSE ARE OUT VIEWERS.

GET READY FOR THAT.