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.

More stories

in Health

Fast Food Workers Tell Us To Never Order These Items

Ignorance is bliss, except when it’s not. Ignorance can lead you to feel comfortable with something until your ignorance is no more; suddenly, you’re grossed out, disgusted and wishing you didn’t believe in blissful ignorance. How’s this for ignorance? When you pull up to a fast food drive thru window to make your order, the […] More
in Food and Drink

Will Soylent be a Product to Replace all our Meals?

Whether your goal is to live a healthy lifestyle or to live the kind of lifestyle that includes eating whatever you want, one thing never falters; groceries are expensive. Prepackaged food, fresh food, organic food – it’s all expensive. It almost costs more to buy ingredients to make a meal at home than it does […] More
in Bath & Beauty

Three Important Summer Shaving Tips

Shaving might be the least fun thing women have to do to look and feel beautiful. Shaving is such a hassle, as any woman will tell you. Short of laser hair removal, there’s really no way to deal with shaving other than just to bite the bullet and do it. With summer practically here already, […] More
in Women's Health

What Skipping Meals Does to Your Body

Skipping meals is a nasty habit far too many of us have picked up. I mean, how easy is it to skip breakfast after looking the mirror and realizing how amazingly thin you look before eating (and why mess that up with breakfast, right?). Unfortunately, skipping meals is horrible for our health, our bodies and […] More
in Parenting

How to Raise a Lady in Today’s Society

Examples are probably not necessary accompanying the statement that it’s just rare to find a true lady in today’s society. In a world of duck faces, too much skin, not enough coverage, and too much promiscuity, a real lady is difficult to find. Whereas most women were ladies in decades past, they’ve forgotten how to […] More
in Life Hacks

Three Things Not to Get Upset About

There are plenty of moments, occurrences and situations in life worth becoming upset about, but there are just as many things not worth the effort. It’s a simple fact of life that you’ll become upset at some point or another – and probably quite often in your many years – and it’s also true that […] More
in Personal Finance

Your Credit and Debt After the Wedding

It’s amazing how many people know more about their wedding and wedding planning than they do about their credit scores and debt. Many newly married couples and soon-to-be married couples have some pretty common misconceptions regarding their credit and their marriage. Before you tie the knot – or even if you already have – you […] More
in TM-Destinations, Travel

Family-Friendly Summer Vacation Destinations

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare; summer vacation. While we all love the additional time with our little ones, we also know that it’s only going to take one week of being home from school before the, “I’m bored” and all the arguments begin. Summer vacation is difficult for parents who are used to busy schedules […] More
in Parenting

Parenting Advice for a Happier Family

All parents make mistakes and handle situations incorrectly; it’s because parenting isn’t easy by any means. For the most part, most parents are doing a pretty awesome job (and those who aren’t are the ones you see on the news regularly) even if they don’t feel like it. There is, however, always a way to […] More
in Lifestyle

What to Avoid After the Wedding

Wedding season is here, and many people are focused on wedding planning, honeymoon planning and creating registries. However, what’s a wedding without a marriage (I believe the correct answer is divorce, but that’s not what we’re going for here)? The wedding is only the beginning. The marriage is the middle and end, and that’s why […] More
in Health

Toxic Food Additive Carrageenan Found in Many Health Foods

Health food junkies are aware notorious for reading food labels. Nothing that’s not all natural, healthy and good for them will make its way into their bodies via hidden ingredient. The health-food obsessed know which ingredients are bad for them, what to avoid and what to look for; or do they? New research shows that […] More
in Tips & Hacks

Laundry Stain Cleaning Made Simple

Who doesn’t love laundry, especially when it requires treating stains that seem like they’re never going to come out? Oh, that’s right; no one loves laundry. Especially when you have to treat stains. Unfortunately, you can’t send everything to the dry cleaner (trust me, I’ve tried). Sometimes you have stains to treat when you’re doing […] More

Congratulations. You've reached the end of the internet.