A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

Brother gave rides on his homemade car . . . he admits there's some work to do on straightening out the wheels.  This week included lots of broken things . . . the dryer, the vacuum, and my phone being the ones that nearly did me in. Sir Walter Scott has faithfully kept our dryer alive for ever so much longer than you'd think possible given how hard it works, but he finally admitted defeat this time.  We're running wet loads of laundry to the laundromat to be dried (the "nice" one won't let us dry unless we also wash on-site, so he takes our wet clothes to the "sketchy" one) while we wait for the dryer we ordered to be ready for pick up. The vacuum eats belts.  We vacuum at least 3 times a day here, and we buy cheap vacuums, so we buy new ones once or twice a year.  This is the same model we had last time, but it must have some sort of extra flaw because the belts pop off at the drop of a hat, and we have to unscrew all of the screws, reinstall the b...