Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
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.
Rushed is my middle name; and I know I’m not alone in that feeling. I know that most of us are rushed at least every so often, and I know that there’s not a lot we can do about it. For me, it’s the simple fact that I have four kids, and we are always […] More
It’s not a big real estate secret that realtors want you to stage your home before you list it. There are certain truths that come with selling a home that we all know to be true; a staged home is a far more appealing home. Would you rather go into a home that’s filled with […] More
Bathrooms freak me out. I wear shoes in the shower – even my own – and I cannot touch anything in them. I am a bathroom freak in a way that is probably not healthy, but it’s just that they gross me out so much. I have a thing about grout in showers and tubs […] More
Home is where the heart is, and we all enjoy being surrounded by items we love. We all have different styles, tastes and preferences when it comes to home, and there is nothing wrong with that. Our home is a beautiful mixture of light and bright, chic and elegant and “up high” so that our […] More
We all know that the cost of healthcare is beyond ridiculous these days. It’s far too expensive, it’s not nearly as beneficial as it was in the past, and many people are forgetting the idea of going to see the doctor in favor of simply staying home and taking over-the-counter medications. It is not always […] More
To be successful, you have to be willing to do what no one else is willing to do. You have to do things you don’t want to do on occasion. You have to work when you don’t want to work. You have to be present, you have to be persistent, and you have to step […] More
Divorce is an ugly, ugly situation in many instances. In my own life, I’ve been very fortunate to have only known one couple who has gone through a divorce and being that I’m turning 33 in a few weeks, that’s pretty impressive. The people in my life stay married. They marry young, they grow old […] More
Three times this year my family has had to do the medical insurance search thing. First we began with the annual issue of seeing whether or not our current plan still worked for us or if there was anything that we wanted to change, add or remove from our policy through my husband’s employer. Following […] More
Once upon a time there was a little girl who liked to color on her white furniture with markers unbeknownst to her parents. It seems she snuck them out of her big sister’s bedroom, but she did not think to take with her paper. She hoarded the markers and would color on her furniture regularly […] More
One of the most common questions we hear around here is how we get stuff done. It’s not big secret that we are quite busy; I myself have four small kids who are all involved in extracurricular activities, I am on numerous boards and committees and we have a very active social life. It feels […] More
We’ve said it before, and we will say it again; travel is the only thing you can buy with money that makes you rich (save for the winning lottery ticket). It’s the only thing you can physically purchase that will make you richer, because it makes you richer in a way that is priceless. You […] More
No more space!? Never once in the life of my phone-owning history have I ever come across the “Storage Almost Full,” when I was cooking dinner and not really doing anything important with my phone. It is always, always, always when I finally have all four of my kids dressed in matching outfits, smiling and […] More