My new home

I've been getting a lot of questions about my new home, so I figured I should devote an entire post to it. Hopefully this will answer all of your questions, and give you some interesting information you may not have thought of.
First off, the first floor (we have two. Almost everyone here does - because the island is so small, people build up instead of out). We do not wear our outdoor shoes into the house. There is a shoe rack outside the front door for regular shoes. Inside, just past the front door, we keep our house shoes (flip flops or similar; mine are green foam sandals). Because these never go outside, they are very clean. The living room has a couch, a love seat, a coffee table, and a TV. We have a desktop computer, some bookcases, and a piano. Then we get into the kitchen. It's a pretty standard kitchen/dining-room combo. We have to wash all dishes right away. Continuing through the kitchen, we come to the laundry room. We wash our clothes every night in the washing machine (everything gets washed together - delicate clothing goes into zippered cloth bags to protect it from stronger materials), then hang them to dry. We have to hang them inside, because they would never get dry in the humid air outside.
Next, there are the bedrooms (all on the second floor). The floor in these rooms is raised a couple of inches from that in the hall, and we leave our house shoes outside the door. (This is true for the bathrooms as well, but there are more shoes inside the bathroom specifically for bathroom use.) The bedrooms are the only rooms with air conditioning; however, to keep costs down, we all sleep in one room (the master bedroom) during the summer. Nicole and I share the bed, while Maggie and Mr. Lee sleep on the floor. However, when I first got here I was sleeping in my own room. My bed (and Nicole's) lacks a mattress. Instead, I have a wooden frame with some thin padding over it (about 1-2 inches thick). It is actually more comfortable than it sounds, but it can be difficult to adjust to.
Finally, the bathrooms (we have one on each floor). Yes, we have a toilet. And a shower. And a sink. And toothbrushes and toothpaste. But there are some differences. Instead of a roll of toilet paper, they use tissues (like thick Kleenex) and throw them in the trash instead of flushing them. The shower doesn't have a door. Basically, there's a shower head in the wall, a drain in the floor, and that's it. Everything gets wet when we shower, and the last person to shower is responsible for cleaning everything up.
That's all I can think of to tell you about right now. I miss you all, and I'll have another post next week :) thanks for reading! And of course, feel free to comment if there's anything you want to know!