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.
My husband and I have a strange obsession; we really love looking at the houses that are for sale in our neighborhood. Perhaps it stems from years of looking at houses for sale in our neighborhood before we even lived here since itâs our dream neighborhood. You know the one. The neighborhood that makes peopleâs […] More
Positive thinking is such a nice thought (see what I did there?), but there are people who think that itâs just a fun idea and a cute concept. I have this total obsession with positive thinking. I like it. I donât know about all the âpower of positive thinkingâ that people are always talking about, […] More
September is my favorite month of the year; for a few reasons. Itâs the beginning of college football season (go Gators!). The kids are back in school. Fall feels like itâs finally arrived (even though itâs still 90 degrees, humid and insufferable this time of year in Florida) and the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back. […] More
Weâre coming up on a big week in our house. Itâs back-to-school week, and we could not be more excited! Our oldest daughter is going into the third grade and our sweet second born is going into kindergarten. She will be going to ârealâ school for the first time, and sheâs actually excited. As if […] More
Everyone with a pet peeve, raise your hand. I know I canât see you, but I know there are hands everywhere. If I had more than two, theyâd be in the air, too. I have a list of pet peeves so long itâs amazing that I find anything to smile about during the day. This […] More
August is here, and that means we have to get our holiday bodies ready. It really shouldnât be that big of a problem since I do keep hearing people talk about how they never actually got their bikini bodies ready, after all. Now itâs time to get ready for the holidays and for football season. […] More
My husband started a new job this week. After 15 years and one week with the bank he began working for as a part-time teller in college, he finally moved on. Heâd gone as far as he could go at the bank, and he was recruited by a company that the bank decided to work […] More
No matter how careful we are, no matter how diligently we plan, and no matter how responsible we are, at some point we will all make a mistake. We can hope itâs not a financial mistake, but it happens. I remember a time many years ago when I used to mail all our monthly expenses […] More
When was the last time someone said something to you or simply made a remark that stuck with you longer than it might usually stick with you? Like anyone else, it happens to me on occasion. There was the time when I was 20 and a complete stranger told me that perhaps I should never […] More
One of the best ways to reach financial success and freedom is to work your way to the top of your career and really make the big bucks; among other things, of course. We would be remiss if we did not mention that success and financial freedom are not found by making more money in […] More
Exercise makes me feel good; really good. In fact, if I donât work out during the day, Iâm not a very nice person. I become grouchy, cranky, irritable and kind of mean. I have little patience, everything annoys me and I constantly think about how annoyed I am that I did not have time to […] More
My oldest daughter turned 8 a week ago, and she really came into the money on her birthday. Sheâs now at that awkward age where sheâs a little too young to care yet about fashion and things of that nature too much, but sheâs too old to want more toys and childish things. Most people […] More