Judith Abbott's (judithabbott) Blog

It isn't easy to detect an electrical fire in your home.  Ask my daughter.  She got home from an event several nights ago, walked into the house and smelled something burning.  They walked through the house looking for the source of the smell.  They didn't find anything obvious.  While her spouse...

Like many other people, I am experiencing the shock wave created by the shootings in Aurora Colorado.  I can't possibly think about what it had to have been like for the people in that darkened theater.  The best I can do is just sit down and begin a list of people who need to be lifted up in my ...

Stonewall Jackson Elementary School is very highly regarded elementary school in the Dallas Texas Independent School District (Dallas ISD). Located on the south side of Lovers Lane between Matilda Street and Skillman, the school serves as a magnet school for Dallas ISD, providing education for al...

Sandhurst Manor Condominums in East Dallas are high on my list of Places I Would Personally Be Willing To Live.  The units are large.  There is only one floor plan and that floor plan has two living areas, a floor plan that I personally really like. The complex is gated (although the gate isn't a...

The Enclave at White Rock Lake in Dallas Texas was developed and built by David Weekly Homes between 1998 and 2000.   It is a gated development of  approximately 170 garden homes very close to White Rock Lake.   The community has a private, stocked "lake" as well as its own wooded jogging trails....

If you are looking for a great way to celebrate The 4th of July in Dallas, take a look at what Fair Park has to offer.  The gates open at 4:30.  The show in the Cotton Bowl begins at 8:00 with a performance by the Grammy Nominated Dallas Wind Sympony.  The fireworks show begins at 9:30.  The show...