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Eat Dessert First is for my love of food and sharing my favorites with you.

Hi, I’m Lillie. Previously a magazine editor, I became a full-time mother and freelance writer in 2017. I spend most of my time with my kids and husband over at The Brown Bear Family.

I enjoy being a girl…

I was thinking back on my shoe closet that was in Houston, when it hit me all of my girly stuff got destroyed in the fire here in Detroit. There are so many things that still exist in my mind but in actuality they are gone.  And to be honest I wasn’t using them. They…

The Wayne County Tax Auction is back

So, after halting things for a little over a year Wayne county has began the tax foreclosure auctions once again. let me start by saying, in no way do I like the fact that properties in auction are there due to the misfortune of others. These homes were lost by their owners and are being…

Finally lets get started

The FixSomething Detroit team is taking over this job! Kirky is HOME! The fix something team is ready to work. In preparation I printed large copies of the floor plans for Burns Manor. I also printed what I’m calling a “rundown” sheet for each of the rooms. These rundown sheets will be posted in each…

Rose from the concrete

Well it’s more like grass shooting up through vintage bricks and I was sick of trying to tend to it. And this was on a winter day…So Fast forward to summer. When I weedwacked the hell out of it the bricks looked okay. But after a week of growth it would look like hell. So…

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