Tiffany Raiford

Tiffany Raiford is a lifelong Floridian, wife to my high school sweetheart and mother of four littles (two girls and boy/girl twins...no, they are not identical and yes, I'm sure). My kids love to whine, so I love to wine. My loves include nap time, bed time, date night, travel and evenings and weekends when my husband is home because he handles all diaper changes.

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in Food and Drink

10 of the Most Common Cooking Mistakes You’re Definitely Making

Food Network star, I am not. I’m not even the next Food Network star (or the next, next, next Food Network Star). I’m not really a star of anything that goes along with food other than eating it and pinning really delicious photos of it on Pinterest. In fact, I just fed my kids McDonalds […] More
in Careers

Five Excellent Entry-Level Jobs with Long Term Potential

New college graduates often face a harsh reality; that shiny and very expensive new diploma does not guarantee a key to a corner office in a big-city high rise working as a CEO for a Fortune 500 company. In fact, most grads are not able to even get a job that is even remotely close […] More
in Parenting

Why Parenthood is Far and Away the Best Movie about Parenthood

If you’ve never seen “Parenthood,” you’re definitely missing out. By far one of the best movies that has anything to do with, well, parenting, it’s a must see for all who are thinking of having kids or already have kids. Actually, now that I think about it, I wonder why it’s not a requirement that […] More
in Bath & Beauty

The Strangest Celebrity Beauty Secrets You’ll Find Right at Home

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar; they’re all actresses with several things in common, including the fact that we’ve been watching them on television and in the movies for decades. And there is one thing that we’ve noticed about each of these lovely, and very talented, women; they do not age one bit. They […] More
in Careers

Is it Possible To Start a Home Based Business for Under $100?

Nothing is impossible. In fact, I recently found myself quoting dozens of Pinterest-based boards that read, “The word itself says I’m Possible,” when my 4-year-old informed me that putting on a shirt from the head down is not something within her talent range, and that sticking her feet in the neck and pulling her shirts […] More
in Personal Finance

How One Couple Saved $1 Million and Retired in Their 30s

Could you imagine retiring in your 30s and traveling the world, enjoying the rest of your life and not worrying about your finances? You could always win the lottery and make that happen, right? Wrong; most people who win the lottery end up even more financially troubled than they were before they won, and that’s […] More
in Inspiration

MTA Officers Bust a Guy Jumping The Turnstile and Then Help Him Find a Job

America is the land of the free, and it’s something that we usually take for granted. The fact that women go out wearing whatever they want, showing off as much skin as they please and offending others with their lack of concern over which size is appropriate for their frames or what they are exposing […] More
in Bath & Beauty

Five Eco-Friendly Products that Can Also Transform Your Skin

What is the first thing you notice about someone when you meet them for the first time? Is it their hair? Their clothes? Their skin? While your first thought is very likely related to appearance, a person’s skin is one of the first things you notice when you initially meet them, and probably every time […] More
in Technology

10 Technologies My Kids are Better at than Me

In the midst of a recent conversation, I listened as a mother with children the same age as my oldest brag that her son knows very little about technology because she does not allow it. I nodded in faux understanding, fighting back a smile and probably a snort. My 7-year-old doesn’t spend much time using […] More
in How to Make Money

10 Weird Ways to Make Extra Cash with Your Home

Your home is your sanctuary; the place you go to get away from it all and to enjoy some peace, quiet and relaxation. Of course, it’s also the place you go when you need to find time to think and to ponder your next life move. But did you know it’s also the place that […] More
in Shopping

10 Pricing Tricks Retailers Use to Completely Fool You

After receiving an email recently that it’s finally time for the Half Yearly Sale at Nordstrom, I decided to get online and do some serious shopping. After all, the twins are growing like weeds and their little feet are quickly outgrowing their Sperry deck shoes and it’s time for bigger sizes, and mommy always needs […] More
in Parenting

10 Great Apps to Keep Your Kids Learning in the Summer

It’s summer vacation in my house, and what that means for my two oldest children is that they’re bored and I’m forced to listen to it. We’re not always mobile since we do have two 1-year-old twins that nap for about four hours from late morning to mid-afternoon (also, I’m alone with four kids while […] More

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