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Apparently we're not eating our apples, or at least not enough

Time to boost your IRA balance. In 2013, you can contribute up to $5,500 to your Roth or traditional IRA. If you will be 50 or older by the end of 2013, your contribution limit is actually $6,500 this year, thanks to the IRS’s “catch-up” provision. The new limits represent a $500 increase from 2012 levels.

My husband Steve and I are always shocked by the cost of today’s weddings. According to CNN, the average U.S. wedding bill has hit $30,000! Los Angeles averages $38,735, Santa Barbara is $44,214, and the most expensive spot is New York City at $86,916.

When Charles Dickens wrote “Oliver Twist,” a heart wrenching/sentimental story about the poor and the mistreatment of children in the early 1800s, I imagine the last thing on his mind was a musical about his hero's journey from orphan to finding his upper class family.

With the impending end of summer 2008 upon us this Labor Day