Find Your People

Nifty, nifty, look who’s 50! In our 78 th Episode we hear all about how Mandee celebrated her birthday! Spoiler alert, it was in the most Mandee way possible. Good friends, baseball, and good food. We are so thankful for our person! Katie has big news too with some destructive winds and a few new animals to report on. It has been a wild week at the Griffis house! We have some great food suggestion...

Welcome to Episode 77! We are recapping all of he music of the Super Bowl this week. We talk baseball and fake hair. We laugh and we roll our eyes at all the things happening in the world this week. Take a break from the craziness of the world and laugh a little with us.   Nex week we are starting a new feature, Fan Faves! For our first crowd source, hit us up with your favorite sunscreen for your...

Episode 76 is full of hope and laughs while the world goes insane. Mandee gets us excited about the upcoming baseball season while venting her frustrations about the healthcare system. Katie starts a new series about her adventures in a small town. And we have some great food and favorite suggestions to make you laugh and keep you fed and entertained. It’s a mad, mad world out there, so come join...

Welcome to Episode 75!  Katie and Mandee are keepin on keepin on.  They are continuing to work and read about Jesus and do all the things.  We found some great time to laugh and take a break from the small town life activities we have.  Join us this week for a little bit of fun.   Katie’s Food   Protein Pudding 1 Box of Pudding (regular or sugar free) 1 Protein Shake ½ cup milk Mix well and enjoy!...

We’re back! Episode 74 is all about getting caught up and stories about the snow. We get updates on sports baseball and football. Katie tells us all about small town life and how much of a joy that has been. Mandee is getting over another round of the crud and hopes to continue feeling more human. We also talk all things reading and new places to go for tracking your books! We missed everyone and...

Welcome to Episode 73. We have both been driving all over the south and are exhausted. But our time laughing and catching up was just the thing we needed. Katie continues to pack after a great first Sunday at her new church. And Mandee has a great list of favorites this week. Join us next week and find out where we are in the world.   Katie’s Food I got nothing…. Pinehurst Diner – smalltown gem  ...

After a beautiful Christmas week, Mandee and Katie are back! We get caught up on all of the sports and life events that happened over the Christmas break. Mandee gives us an update on Freddie Freeman’s adoption (the dog not the baseball player). Katie is officially done with her ordination paperwork and has basically written a dissertation. Thanks for all of the love and support our friends of the...

Merry Everything and Happy Christmas! Mandee and Katie are summing up all of the sports and Christmas music for the week. Tis the season! Katie is still writing about Jesus, so her brain is a little fried, but she got some great old family party recipes out of storage for us this week. Mandee has been driving all over creation for court dates and has a new podcast to share along with some other gr...

Episode 70 finds Katie and Mandee trying to make it through life and remembering what their names are. We get lots of sports updates as well as some good recipes and podcasts. Mandee gives the best reality check that we needed. Thanksgiving is closer to Christmas this year than most, so we are not just feeling rushed. We are actually rushing to get it all done! Give yourself some grace and have so...

Episode 69 finds Mandee and Katie up early and trying their best and over peopling. Anyone else feel that way? You are not alone friends! We do catch up on all things football and Thanksgiving. We have some great favorites and an easy side dish. This community is bringing us joy this holiday season when it is hard to find elsewhere. Go out friends and find the people that bring you joy.   Katie’s...

Welcome to Episode 68! Friends it is so good to be found no matter how far from home we roam. Mandee is celebrating Thanksgiving with her people while Freddie (aka Denis the Menace) is making life so much fun. Katie is spending time with her two and four legged friends in Macon for the holiday and the bowl and spoon made the trip down. Mandee and Katie have some amazing food and favorite options t...

Welcome to the unhinged version of Find Your People. Mandee and Katie have had full weeks and recorded this week’s episode after a full day of school and work. Watch out world! We get a sports update from Katie as she keeps us updated on all things boxing and college football. And Mandee, the world traveler, fills us in on her trip to London. We had a full week and can’t wait for you to hear all a...

Isn’t it good to Find Your People. Some weeks that’s about all you can say. Mandee and Katie share in the sorrows and woes of the loss of beloved national treasures and disappointments in politics. We pick each other up with all things sports and find laughter and comfort with food. Join us this week for episode 66 as we cherish our people.   Mandee’s Food Smitten Kitchen Broccoli melts https://sm...

What would Jimmy Carter do? We ask that very question and get a great answer in Episode 65. Here’s a hint, it includes finding your people. We get all of the sports updates from Katie and Mandee as well as some great recipes and favorites. The best news is that Mandee has Netflix again and is bringing us some great watching ideas.   Katie’s Food Two recipes from the new Caro Chambers Cookbook Lemo...

Welcome to Episode 64! It is a Freddie Freeman (the Dodger) love fest as Mandee talks all things World Series. She also give us some party tips from the The Cut’s new etiquette rules. https://www.thecut.com/article/tipping-rules-etiquette-rules.html Meanwhile, Katie has had her number called for car trouble on I-85. She has a new Hero and updates us on everything college football. Stay tuned until...

Welcome to Episode 63 of Find Your People!  Katie gets us all up to date on college football and all of the crazy calls and fake injuries that happened last weekend.  Meanwhile, Mandee tok the podcast name seriously and found all of our people.  She made the trifecta of celebrity sitings during her time in Nashville.  She was in the same room with our favorite food writer, John T. Edge and his AMA...

Welcome to Episode 62 of Find Your People!  We are in the thick of baseball playoffs and college football.  Katie and Mandee keep us up to date on all the things.  Will there be a subway series or a bicoastal baseball World Series?  Will the Alabama fans move on from their coach wearing a t-shirt?  We also have opinions on fall break crowds and wiener roasts.  Tune in this week to hear all about i...

Episode 61 is out!  Katie and Mandee find hope and joy in a time of the many storms that we have experienced in the south lately.  Follow the link below for a story of the helpers currently working in NC!  We love a mule named Lil Wayne!  It was a WILD Saturday in college football and Katie has lots of thoughts about the whole thing.  Mandee gets us caught up on all things baseball and gives us so...

The world may seem like it is falling apart all around us, but Episode 60 will make you laugh and give you hope in the midst of any storm.  Mandee and Katie catch up on all the fun things and recap a wild week in the south.  We love all of our people and hope you are safe and secure.  Freddie also kept us in stitches as he tried to bake in the middle of the podcast.  Mandee, as head of the Safety...

Welcome to the FYP Hurricane Party!  This week we are hunkering down and waiting for Helene to ruin the end of our weeks.  We are in our full fall rhythm of sports updates from Katie and Mandee.  We both agree that ESPN needs to do more Ben the dog content.  Katie circles back around to last week’s episode and suggests that everyone follow the Oxford, MS caterer Elizabeth Goulay Heiskell.  And mos...

Episode 58 finds Mandee in her sick bed and Katie fresh off of a zoom class.  We are so thankful that no matter what state we are in, we get together each week to catch up and bring y’all along for the ride.  This week we talk all things football and baseball.  Mandee even did her own form of south Georgia carpool karaoke.  We have some great favorites to share and a good and easy recipe for when...

Episode 57 is here!  Is anyone else frozen out of ESPN and ABC football because of the DirectTV/Disney grudge match?  Mandee gives us some insight into the issues.  Katie persevered Saturday and found a way to watch and bring us all of the updates including the sad news of Auburn’s loss.  We wrap up our Olympic year with a celebration of the Woodall Family Gold Medals and one more Flava Flave sigh...

We promise not to talk too much about protein in Episode 56 even though the journey continues!  We get all the updates on the sports world this week from baseball to the Paralympics, to college football.  Mandee has a great and simple recipe for us this week in food and Katie’s favorites are protein free.  Don’t miss the guest host this week Freddie the dog as Mandee’s fostering journey continues...

Welcome to Episode 55!  Mandee and Katie have both been traveling.  Mandee has gotten a dose of living with teenagers as well as a trip to Chi-town for some baseball and a Pink concert.  Katie went to the mountains for some rest and some retreat before the start of her last year of her Masters!  Time flies when you are having fun!  Katie shares a high protein dish as she continues her quest to fin...

Episode 54 finds Mandee on the road again and Katie gearing up for her last year of school. We talk all things baseball and get a new player of the week. We give some great Atlanta eating suggestions that are both inside and outside of the Braves Stadium. Katie catches us up on Elvis day and her last Katie Day before she starts her studies. She also made a new friend! It is always the best gift to...