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.
There is a constant debate surrounding the concept of creating a schedule for babies (which I swear by, having done it easily, twice, without ever using the sleep training or cry it out methods). Â Some parents are scared to schedule their babies because they feel their needs are not being met; while some parents might […] More
Being content in your own life is something far too many people forget to do. Some seem to forget that being perfectly content is a wonderful feeling, and that sometimes life isn’t about more, more, more. Life actually becomes better when we remember that what we have right now is what we’ve worked so hard […] More
Not everyone is roses and sunshine; there are four types of people we are all forced to deal with at some point or another and they’re not that great. Those people are difficult, demanding, disappointing and destructive. You might occasionally even be one of those people, and you certainly know someone (or several someone’s) who […] More
Let’s not forget to be thankful for all the little, lovely things in life. Thanksgiving, however, is not all about giving thanks. It’s about learning to appreciate and become thankful for things you never really considered. With this in mind, make today the day you learn to be thankful for all things in your life […] More
Lying, my friends, is not nice. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, let me break the ice by saying that I just thought of at least three ways in which I’ve lied to my kids in the past five minutes (the biggest one being that a certain 5-year-old will not be going to […] More
It’s 3 pm and suddenly your energy level seems non-existent. It happens to the best of us. Perhaps it’s this morning’s coffee rush wearing off or just the fatigue and exhaustion of a long night and a busy morning catching up to you. Either way, the mid-afternoon break down of energy happens to everyone at […] More
If ever there is an addiction to desire, it’s a shopping addiction. Technically, if you can afford to become addicted to shopping, it’s not that bad. However, if you can’t afford to become addicted to shopping, it’s time to find a way to make sure your shopping addiction doesn’t ruin your life. If you find […] More
Being a stay-at-home mom is hard work. Being a work-from-home mom is even harder work. Don’t get me wrong; it’s beyond rewarding and it’s not something that I would ever change about – but it’s not a walk in the park (actually, don’t even get me started on our last walk in the park). There […] More
Most everyone has a temper. Whether yours is somewhat easily reached or it’s something that takes a long time to reach its peak, you have a temper. Maybe you don’t show yours by yelling or becoming visibly angry, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have a temper. It’s good to have one; it means that […] More
Babies and sleep; you want your baby to sleep through the night, but many moms go into parenting knowing it’s not likely to happen right away. However, other parents spend years waking up throughout the night with children thinking it’s completely normal and that everyone whose babies have slept through the night since they were […] More
It’s here; Thanksgiving week is here and the holidays are now officially upon us. What does this mean? Aside from tighter than normal pants, turkey overdose and entirely too much pie, it means time with your in-laws. Unless you’re lucky enough to love yours (like I am mine) you might not look forward to the […] More
Everyone has tips that make Black Friday shopping easier; make a list, know what you want, start early and so on and so forth. However, what no one tells you is the Black Friday shopping advice you really need to know. Since you have four days – three if you’re one of those people who […] More