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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

It was a bit disappointing...

For Christmas, DH gave me a set of new hubcaps (wheel covers) for my little car. Over time, one hubcap had obviously fallen off and the last time the car was serviced the mechanic indicated that the attachment clip on another had broken, so then I was down to two. Can look a bit ugly so I was thrilled that DH had noted my hints and the new set was under the Christmas tree.
It wasn't until New Year's Eve that DH, helped by our son in law, got around to putting the new hubcaps on the car. They looked great!

DH parked the car outside our house for the evening as he needed access for his car. In the morning I went out to the car and noticed that the front passenger side hubcap was missing...but I'd seen all 4 wheels covered the afternoon before.

Suspecting NYE high jinks, we walked along the street looking for the missing hubcap. We looked over people's front fences in case it had been thrown in a garden. We looked in wheely bins that were sitting on footpaths...and the next street too...nothing, no sign of it. 😡😡
I got a bit upset as I hadn't even had a chance to drive the car before the hubcap went missing. But then I thought, why spoil my day getting angry. I thought of things that had happened to friends over the years; a friend who had 3 cars stolen from their property, a former colleague who had the 4 wheels stolen from his car while he slept upstairs, friends being in accidents that wrote off their cars or the lady in our parish whose mother was killed in a road accident just before Christmas last year. Or the little boy from Samford ( a township just north of us) who was run over and killed by his dad on their property in a terrible accident just last week.
It certainly made my 'whinge' pretty insignificant.
And then my 'white knight' came to the 'rescue'. DH's cousin's husband just happened to have some individual hubcaps in his shed, which he asked us to check out; some new and one which was used.  The best match was one from a previous car of DH's cousin. DH cleaned it up...

It has a few scratches, but you can hardly notice them...

For years I've teased G about his keeping things for years and storing them in 3 huge sheds...I think I won't tease him any more! 😂 

14 comments:

Nanna Chel said...

Well your hubby's hoarding has come in handy, Maria. Why people have to steal so much these days is beyond me. So different from when we were young and you didn't even need to lock your door...at least where I lived. I feel for that poor family that lost their little three year old..the same age as one of my grandsons. How heartbreaking!

Kate said...

Maria, your story reminds us why we should 'hang onto' stuff and forget about downsizing. :) I'm pleased for you that a spare hubcap was available.

FlowerLady Lorraine said...

The replacement hubcap looks great. Sorry you had to deal with the theft though. Glad you saw some positives to give you a change of heart.

FlowerLady

Susan said...

You are so right......there is always someone in a worse situation......the second hand one looks fine....good work by DH.

Carol- Beads and Birds said...

that's a great match. I am so sorry to hear that you just HAD to validate my husband's "hoarding" over the years. We have a three stall garage at the back of our land that he cannot fit one more thing into. (there are no cars in there). No matter what someone needs, he says "I think I have one in the garage". Our reply is always we should by one because Papa will NEVER be able to find it.

Happy New Year.
xx, Carol

BTW: It's always a good to put your own situation in proper perspective.

Jackie said...

You put things into respective very well.

So nice that your husbands cousin had a hubcap that was such a close match!!

God bless.

mamasmercantile said...

A lesson to be learnt for us all, there is indeed always somebody worse off. Great match.

Cynthia said...

What luck that there was a match! I think you are wise to focus on that rather than the loss of the new one before you even left the driveway. As you said, it's nothing to ruin your day over. Your car looks very nice now.

Brigie said...

It's a shame that someone felt the need to find property theft as entertaining. BTW your little car looks gorgeous.

diane b said...

What an awful thing to happen even though its not the end of the world it is still bad to have to deal with. Lucky you found a near match.

Maria said...

Sew pleased you stayed positive and your DH's cousins husband came good with a matching hubcap in one of the thre sheds..

angela said...

Yes perspective. But still very very annoying.
This younger generation really needs its collective bottom kicked.
I’m so glad you were able to get a replacement.
It all looks lovely xx

Vireya said...

Phew! I'm glad you can drive around with 4 hubcaps for a while.

handmade by amalia said...

The universe righting itself - a disappointment offset by an act of kindness. I like it. Happy 2018.
Amalia
xo