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.
Some people just aren’t people, people (are you picking up what I’m putting down?). Some people might be the nicest people in the world, but they just aren’t a people person. Perhaps that some just genuinely do not like others, and perhaps some have simply forgotten how to interact with others in the digital age […] More
Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people who are important to you that might not live just down the street. Although, it’s also a great way to keep in touch with people who live just down the street – or your husband, who it just down the hall catching up on […] More
Daycare: Do you send your child or do you not? It’s an oft-discussed debate many parents have. It’s one on which all parents have an opinion. It’s something some families are forced to do, whether they want to or not. It’s something some families welcome readily and other families dread. Sending your child to daycare […] More
Road trips: oh my goodness. You either love them (my husband) or you hate them (me). How are you supposed to keep toddlers entertained in the backseat when you’re in the car for hours, and why would you want to when your kids have been on dozens of flights all over the country and they […] More
Once you have kids, careers take off, life gets hectic, and your schedule is full to overflowing every moment of the day, quality time with your husband gets lost in the shuffle. Don’t feel bad; it happens to everyone at some point. However, you cannot allow that to go on. Your marriage needs time and […] More
If you’ve ever run into the grocery store to pick up a gallon of milk and left said grocery store with only a gallon of milk, the world wants to know how you do it. It is seemingly impossible for the masses to head to the supermarket for a simple one or two item pick-up […] More
Buyer’s remorse; we all experience this from time to time. Perhaps it was the convertible that seats two because you wanted it, only to realize a month later that you cannot even go grocery shopping in it. Maybe it was the neon green patent leather Kate Spade stilettos that matched the dress you bought to […] More
One of the biggest concerns many parents have regarding their children is simple laziness. With laziness comes a myriad of issues; a lack of creativity, a lack of imagination, and health problems such as obesity. It’s easy for kids to become lazy these days. With iPads and iPods and iPhones and video games and 794847 […] More
Keeping the kids entertained during the summer is especially difficult. It seems like it should be the easiest season to keep them happy, but it isn’t. They want to swim, it’s raining. They want to play outside, it’s 100 degrees with a heat index of 120 and 100 percent humidity. They want to go somewhere, […] More
Many people feel that they are suffering from depression, when they are really just feeling down and out of sorts. Of course, depression is a serious health condition that should be diagnosed by a medical professional. If your depression symptoms come and go and you simply have a few really bad days here and there, […] More
Wife, mother, daughter, friend, director, author and entrepreneur (let’s not forget chef, maid, chauffeur, toy-finder, bath-giver, tantrum-stopper, Santa, Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny, just to name a few of the other job titles moms have); it might not seem like Jennifer Brown-Thomas even has enough time to breathe – I’d say use the restroom in […] More
Being confident comes naturally to some people. For the rest of us, however, being confident is a lot easier said than done. Sometimes we just look in the mirror and like what we see, or look at our accomplishments and feel as if we’ve done enough. Sometimes, confidence just isn’t there. However, being confident can […] More