One of the things I have not been able to fully accomplish

I have always heard of different toilets that are all over the world and I have been fortunate to travel to all regions. I love seeing new places and new things and one of the things that is very important to me is toilets.  I have one kidney. So, I drink a lot of water. drinking a lot of water causes me to pee a lot which is good because that means my kidney is functioning. So, naturally when I am out and about I go to public bathrooms. I try not to though. I really hate public bathrooms honestly. I hate that I am in a cesspool of unknown bacteria. and I hate hate hate blow drying hand dryers. To me they are more dirty than anything. Drying hot air onto my hands just does not cut it and there is going to come a day that they will not work and you will see... I will not say I warned you thusly... 'cause I am sayin' it now. So, you can imagine when I went to Spain and the toilet paper was like crepe paper sometimes. My mom was great. She bought the "expensive" stuff... It was simply stuff that we were more used to. The landlord heard that he Americans did not douche because we were more clean and that was done away with in the 1970's so she brought toilet paper for us.. Which was more like thin cardboard and I even tried bringing back from Spain but my dad said I collected too much stuff and made me throw it out. My adventure to a toilet in Dubai at the cultural center was just hilarious and I will have to blog about it one day. 
  So it brings me to Turkey. I love Turkey so much. I have this man that is so patient with me and one of the things he is so sweet about is the fact that I am not Turkish toilet trained but he adores me anyway! 
   Here is a picture of a Traditional Turkish Toilet

This is not mine but this type is all over Turkey

Now, this is the thing... Some homes have the American toilet, but about 80% of the homes still have this type toilet and I am so grateful! Snuggle's mom and dad remodeled thier home about 2 years ago and installed a new Western Toilet and so down stairs we have two types toilet. However, Snuggles Grandma has this type. I get really super lazy at the end of the day and I go in this toilet so iI donn't have to go down stairs to go pee. I usually sleep with a teeshirt and underwear and I don't want to go down stairs all dressed and come back up stairs. Besides, Anne (Mom in Turkish) forgets to take the key out of the door which locks the door and makes it so that I can not go in with a key anyway. I never want to wake them just so I can go pee. So I have opted this alternative. 
  Mind you, I am so much better at peeing in them than I used to be. I do this: I take off everything from the wait down then put on the toilet slippers: Yes.. You have to wear toilet slippers and not regular shoes or barefooted. Then I put a foot on each side of the toilet and squat. I have to back up a bit because for some reason... My body is weird and just like at camp my pee does one of two things: Shoots straight out or right down my leg. So... I lean back a bit. Normally you should not have to. The water spicket and bucket are for cleaning yourself after and those are on the left side of you but I have to enter the opposite way ... I don't know whay::: Because I am used to backing into an American toilet maybe??? 
  Anyway... 
This is how it is supposed to be done: 
Roll up your pants to the knees. take off your shoes and put on the toilet slippers.
 Stand on the toilet and make sure the spicket of water and bucket is on the left side of you. Squat down and pee. Use the spicket of water and bucket to clean yourself off with and then use toilet paper to dry yourself and throw away the toilet paper in the trash or in the trash container. I never have a problem putting the toilet paper in the toilet, but in some older regions they have problems with the sewge getting backed up... Not in the big cities though. 
Flush the toilet and empty the water bucket in the toilet. 
Then leave the toilet and put your shoes back on. 
 Wash your hands in the sink with a lot of soap.
This does not always work out for me and usully I might have to wait a couple more hours before I can find a tilet that I like when I am in public. 
 You are supposed to pay the attendant and when I go and do not use the toilet I pay less. 
 I hope that I can master this but I am not too worried. 
We will have both in our home.   :D
  I will once we have pictures of our home, give everyone a virtual tour, much to snuggles shagrin!