Christmas Cookies!!!!

I am so excited to be baking soon. I LOVE making Christmas cookies! I always have. My dearest childhood friend, Peter, had a mother who did some wicked baking. My mom did her share too. Between the two of them, I did a ton of baking! I even remember getting my friends to come over and help me bake during the holidays in high school. Well...I have been making a lot of the same cookies for years, and thought some of you might want to help me try some new ones!

Here is what we will do.....you send your favorite recipe, I will try and bake it and post pictures of it along with the recipe and my experience with it. I am hoping that this doesn't get out of hand. Makes me think of Julie and Julia! LOL! I have two that have been sent to me already. I will be making them next week. You can send yours to me on Facebook if you are my friend, or post a comment here! I think this could be a lot of fun! Come join the fun. You might just find one you really like!

Even in the City!

So, I will put new pictures of the house up soon.....we have just been trying to get pictures and things up on the walls of the remaining rooms.

I just wanted to show the bounty of goodness we got from our garden here in the city last week! Can you believe it? I don't know that we have ever had this many tomatoes in our garden out in the country! The squirrels do a bigger number on them here though. They are vicious little critters in the city. I need John to come and hunt some!!!!

By the way, the garden was planted for us before we arrived. How sweet is that?

Upstairs...Ben's Room

Between the guest room and the studio are two staircases. One goes to the basement and the other upstairs where the our bedrooms and Rich's study are. Today I am posting the pictures Ben took of his room. We purchased new furniture for him before leaving Lanesville. They did not send the part to hook the mirror to the back of the dresser, we didn't notice. So, besides that, he is all settled in! He loves his room. He has a great view of our backyard from his room. "Not such a great view of the neighbor's backyard)

The Rest of the Main Floor

These are the final pictures of the main floor. I love the big storage cabinet. It is full of all sorts of things! The calendar spot and shelf are great for keeping paperwork organized.

Our spacious guest room is a perfect place for the Chicago getaway! I already have guests book on three different dates at the Heinz Bed and Breakfast! We are looking forward to seeing all of you.

It wouldn't be a Heinz house without a Disney bathroom. The black and yellow tile lent perfectly to it!

Come visit! Call first and make your reservations!

Studio

When you enter our front door you will go into our living room if you go right, but if you go left....it is bead city! My studio is the room they put into this house to be the pastor's study. Rich has a study upstairs....I am in the downstairs office! I love my new space! I have already been busy in it and am sending an order to Ozzie's with my mom. She leaves tomorrow. I will take pictures of the downstairs Disney bathroom and our guest room after my mother has gone and her things are no longer there. Anyone need jewelry? I am ready to go! Anyone want to come over and play?

Kitchen and Back Yard

I love the kitchen....would like different cabinet color....but that is just me being really picky! I love the view from our kitchen table. It is so pretty. It will be lovely in the winter too I am sure. :0)

The door from our kitchen leads out to the patio. Our backyard is great for relaxing. I am anxious to do some of my own planting in the spring! A wonderful man from church planted the Cannes....not sure exactly how to spell that! The side yard by our gate is going to be fun to plant too. I want to get back to Lanesville and get some of my hostas to add in there!

The little garden was already planted for us when we got here. Isn't that wonderful! Everyone here is so very thoughtful! We have tomatoes, beans, rhubarb, beets, carrots, dill, and cucumbers! It is so very nice!

Tomorrow pictures of the rest of the main floor!

Our Living Room and Dining Room

Our next stop on the house tour is our new living room and dining room. I love these two rooms. They turned out just as I had hopped they would! Our new furniture looks perfect in the space. I love the lamp I got from Angie, thanks friend. It is the cream one with the green shade...it is perfect in the room.

We have a little built in shelf between the two rooms. We finally have a place to hang the beautiful stained glass cross that the Oberdieck family gave us a few years back. We had not found a place in our old house, but his is perfect!

I was not going to bring our china cabinet, but I change my mind at the last moment. I am so happy I brought it. I love that I can see my china and it is not packed in boxes!

The piano was a surprise from the congregation. I had sold my piano and they found this one in the neighborhood. Someone had passed away and they were wanting a home for the piano. I love it! Now I just need to have it tuned.

The dining room was just the right size for our things. I love how the baskets look in it! We have not put the tie backs on the curtains yet. Not sure if I want to or now. What do you think?

The dinning room leads to the kitchen....that comes tomorrow.