On the other hand

I previously wrote on common misconceptions of hell.  On the flip side of this are common misconceptions of heaven.  There are two parts to this problem that I want to address.  First, the interesting part of one's ideas about heaven reveal where ones heart lies.  In other words, the way one wishes heaven to be shows what they truly value.  I once had an acquaintance make the comment that for him heaven would be sunny weather and a swimming pool full of beer. I didn't even bother commenting or arguing with him.  Here on the other hand, is a good place to comment on this.  What is the problem with this vision of heaven?  For one, God has been left completely out of the picture.  Scripture and church tradition teaches us that being in God's immediate presence IS heaven.  Any other view is fantasy.  For the Christian, the prospect of drawing every closer into ever deepening relationship with God is the ultimate good.  THAT is eternity in heaven.
This leads us to my second point.
Second, heaven is temporary.  Heaven is the temporary resting place for Christians who have died.  This place is temporary because one, man was created body and soul.  This is the state in which we are supposed to exist.  Adam's fall into sin necessitates a time of body/soul separation.  At the end of time, at the final judgment, all men will be resurrected, be reunited to their united state, and be judged for all they have done.  This judgment can almost be viewed as a mere revealing of what is in the heart.
After this final judgment, those who have been preparing their souls to love God will spend eternity with him on a perfected earth.  Those who have rejected/ignored God, will be cast away from his immediate presence, ie, hell. 
Our heaven then?  We will live in perfected, sinless bodies, on a perfected, sinless earth, enjoying the immediate presence of God, forever.