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.
Mistakes are a part of life. You cannot go through your entire life without making one – and those who claim they’ve never made a mistake are either crazy, seriously lacking self-esteem or they’re not really living. The problem with mistakes is that we dwell on them. We do something wrong, hurt someone, do the […] More
Flat irons may not be on every woman’s day to day list of things to use to achieve the perfect hairstyle (have I mentioned I loathe those women, says the inner-bitterness caused by my naturally curly wishes it was straight work myself to death with the flat iron every morning just to have the Florida […] More
Everyone talks about the joys of parenthood and the feeling you have when you first hold your new baby. They talk about sleeping through the night, resting when the baby rests and losing baby weight and the sheer amount of love you feel. What they don’t tell you is that you will be changing your […] More
We can’t all be Giada, but we can try, right? In an attempt to become a well-rounded individual, learning to cook was something I decided to try recently. I’m not awful, but I’m not great (my talents lie in baking, but I don’t think eating brownies forever is a healthy option: Delicious, but unhealthy).  I’m […] More
Secret: Communication is not my strong suit. I don’t like to upset people and I naturally assume that everyone (particularly my husband) can read my mind and know exactly what it is that I want or need. Secret: I like to be right and being wrong isn’t fun. Secret: I work on this every single […] More
Now that the wedding is over and your marriage has begun, you might wonder what it is that keeps couples together. Well, the truth is that every couple is different and there is no right or wrong answer. What works for your friends and family might not work for you. While we can’t tell you […] More
There’s nothing comparable to the excitement you feel when you travel. You get to see the world, go places you only ever dreamed of going and you get to create a rich selection of memories and experiences your family will treasure for a lifetime. However, travel can be a complex and irritating thing when you […] More
For all you ladies who have avoided wearing white after labor day, pairing black with brown and pairing expensive with inexpensive, it’s time to ditch those rules and get with the program. Fashion; it is changing and those dated fashion rules you abide by need to hit the road to make room for modern fashion […] More
Why no one has invented a self-cleaning house is really just beyond me, but the fact is that until they do, we are all stuck doing dishes, putting laundry away and picking up after everyone else – or we hire out for these things. Cleaning usually isn’t very much fun, but it doesn’t have to […] More
Getting up early and going to work every day probably isn’t always fun. Even if you love your job, it’s still difficult to get up and get moving every single day. However, if you have a really bad boss, it makes it even worse. If you aren’t one of the fortunate people who find their […] More
Ever wake up in the morning and think to yourself that today is just going to be one of those days? We all do it, but it’s a terrible tone to begin your day with. It would be helpful if we all bounded out of bed with a smile on our faces, no fatigue in […] More
You hate going to the dentist, so you know that your kids will hate going to the dentist. Even if your child’s dentist is the best one on the block and everyone raves about him, you still fear that your child will walk into that office, realize what’s about to happen and open the children’s […] More