Tiffany Raiford

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.

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in Parenting

10 Things To Look For in Your Child’s Preschool Teacher

You might think that you don’t get to choose your child’s teacher, but that’s not true – especially in pre school. You get to choose where you want to send your kids regardless of where you live or where you are zoned. You get to talk to teachers, interview them, move your kid and choose […] More
in Personal Finance

Tricks Online Marketers Use to Scam You Out of Money

When someone wants your money, they’re going to try hard to get it. It might or might be a scam, per say, but that certainly does not mean that you want your money to go toward something you don’t really want so that you are out a few bucks and saddled with something that other […] More
in Retirement

Are You Saving Enough To Retire? Find Out Here

According to Yahoo News, 1 in 3 Americans has approximately zero dollars saved for retirement. That’s correct; zero dollars. My 4-year-old has way more than that saved for some random toy she wants to earn through doing things appropriately around the house, so it’s weird that 1 in every 3 grown up adults have no […] More
in Parenting

An Open Letter To the People Who Think Stay At Home Moms Do Nothing All Day

Hey you; yes, you. The one who just said that it must be nice to be home all day long doing nothing. That’s right; I’m talking to you. I’m talking to you because you just said that staying home all day long with my kids must be ‘nice’ because I sit around and do ‘nothing’ […] More
in Pregnancy

10 Really Weird Things that Pregnant Couples Do

The late, great Dr. Suess once said, “We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love,” and he could not be more accurate. I cannot even begin to […] More
in Careers

10 Tips for Your First Day Back at Work

Returning to work is never easy when you’ve been gone. It doesn’t matter if you were on maternity leave, you left to raise your kids, you went on a vacation or you just started a new job; going back to work is a chore no matter how long you’ve been gone. I mean, I think […] More
in Parenting

10 Warnings Every Parent Should Have Before Having Kids

It never ceases to amaze me that children do not come with an instruction manual or a warning label; I mean, seriously. There is no other being in the world that can make you feel absolutely insanely and certifiably crazy in the same moment you feel so much joy and adoration and love – something […] More
in Parenting

10 Apologies Every Parent Inevitably Has To Make

“I’m sorry my daughter told your daughter that she’s annoying and she doesn’t want to be her friend and she made her cry today,” is the kind of thing I find myself saying every so often. Of course, it would be nice to hear the other parent say something along the lines of, “And I, […] More
in Budgeting

How to Have a Fun Labor Day on a Tight Budget

Labor Day is just a few days away, and most of us have already booked our weekend to the max. However, a fun Labor Day vacation is not in the budget for everyone, and that means that you might be left wondering just what it is you will do for the weekend. In years past, […] More
in Pregnancy

10 Ways To Get Free Stuff While Being Pregnant

Even a great pregnancy is sometimes uncomfortable with frequent trips to the bathroom, a tiny person you’ve met making itself comfortable in your ribs, strangers touching you and sleepless nights at the end thanks to all the discomfort of having a person inside your body. A less than great pregnancy is uncomfortable with the stress […] More
in Personal Finance

The Foolproof Way to Saving 10% on Gas Every Time You Hit the Pump

Someone said that gas prices are falling, though I haven’t really noticed. I’ll notice again when gas prices fall to where they were when I first began driving: $.99 per gallon. That’s when I’ll notice. I’m not complaining that they are dropping or that they seem to hover in the mid-$2 range since it’s a […] More
in Shopping

10 Great Strategies To Avoid Shopping Altogether

I love to shop. Shopping provides me with this innate sense of happiness and satisfaction. I just adore it. Sadly, I haven’t the time to do it. I haven’t the time to do it, and I haven’t the patience to do it anymore. With four kids, I don’t have the leisure time I once had […] More

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