Why do we have jokes and Beggars' Night a day before Halloween? Here's the answer, from the 1930s: dmreg.co/17YqZ0k

Christmas music is on the radio! #tistheseason

Made fried rice for dinner. Best meal ever!

RT if popcorn is your favorite late night snack. You could win a gift card for your next Kum & Go run: bit.ly/195V8uq #readytotweet

First snow! It's not much, but still exciting! #letitsnow #iawx

Power has been restored to 8,400 customers in Urbandale, Des Moines after a squirrel caused an outage this morning. dmreg.co/1bOqpoH

Snow on Monday. 60 and stormy on Saturday. Crazy weather. #iawx

Made the first batch of cookies! My coworkers loved them. #cookies #christmas

Tasty Tacos: not as good as I remember. 5/10. Shell is fantastic.

This Christmas…. Silence will fall! Watch the trailer for the Doctor’s next adventure here: bbc.in/1jw3yRo #DoctorWho

Catching Fire was a really, really good movie!

Happy New Year!

And so it begins. Cold front through Des Moines at 9am with falling temps (27F). Estherville down to 11F, WC -12F. #iawx #coldoutbreak

Came across this in the internet today. Adorable, hilarious, and nerdy! #HarryPotter #owlpost

Looking for wedding venue ideas in the Des Moines area. Need something that won't break the bank. Who knew it'd be this hard! #wedding

Here's a little #mondaymotivation that made us smile—start each day with a simple hello! bit.ly/KzOLdE

Babylonian tale of round ark draws wrath from some Christian circles nbcnews.to/1gzvTKK

Mystery of Mars 'doughnut rock' solved on.kcci.com/1c8cr3M

Dallas Clark will retire as a Colt on Wednesday. His 64 Rec for 847 Yds in the postseason are NFL records for a TE.

ICYMI: Today's #tbt was found this morning in a desk drawer at Scholastic. And it's a keeper. #harrypotter