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.
I’m a lot of things; smart, funny, witty, self-deprecating, and a lot of fun. One thing I am not is someone who makes a great first impression. I have a very dry sense of humor, I laugh at my own jokes all the time, and sarcasm is my middle name. I have a lot of […] More
No one is perfect (thank God). Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone does something that will embarrass themselves, upset them, anger them, or make them feel bad. It happens. As a matter of fact, it happens to me at least twice a day. I cannot seem to stop myself from putting my foot in my mouth […] More
There are so many pieces of advice and tips in the world to make parenting easier. We should ignore poor behavior so as not to encourage it. We should not spank our children. We should spank our children. We should put our kids in time out. Time out is pointless. We should yell, we shouldn’t […] More
Everyone has their own unique way of trying to get what they want. Children, for example, try to sweet talk their parents, some try to pit one against the other, and even more throw temper tantrums in hopes that their parents will give in and give them what they want. Adults are a little subtler […] More
Kids throw temper tantrums. It happens. It’s usually not a big deal because it’s at home, but for the second time in her life, my four-year-old just threw a very, very public temper tantrum, and I was mortified. See, she starts VPK next week, and her school suggested bringing her in a few days this […] More
The irony of the fact that my tiny little iPod comes with a 300 page book of instructions and my children only came with a few pieces of paper detailing breastfeeding and temperatures never goes unnoticed by me. Kids simply do not come with instructions, which is unfortunate, considering how much work they are, and […] More
I’m not about to complain about my mother-in-law (and no, it’s not because I’m terrified she might read this and my husband will be calling me to ask me what I was thinking) because I don’t really have much to complain about. She’s not perfect (who is?) by any means, but she doesn’t irritate me […] More
It never fails to astound me when someone makes the comment, “You make parenting look so easy? How do you do it all and make it look so good?” because there is not day when I do it all and it’s easy. In fact, most days I don’t do it all and no day is […] More
Everyone wants to have a few extra hours in the day to get things done, unfortunately, that isn’t going to happen any time soon. For those who need a little extra time, there are ways to beat the clock. If you follow these tips, you’ll find it easier to get things done and save yourself […] More
I love my husband. I love for a number of reasons, but the biggest reason of all is that he is so happy to help me make sure our lives run smoothly and that I am happy. He takes it upon himself to give our daughters their baths at night, to clean up after dinner, […] More
Now that you’re pregnant and excited to start your family, there are a few things you need to know. Not the things your doctor will tell you, or even the things your best friends who’ve already had kids will tell you. These are things that people don’t talk about, because they consider it taboo. However, […] More
Facebook: The social networking site that turns intelligent adults into insecure adolescents on a regular basis. What’s not to love about the site that allows people who haven’t seen the inside of a high school in decades to behave like a high school student all over again? Who has the most friends, who has the […] More