Our deep freeze occupied the farthest wall in the pantry and was nestled in behind the shelving that held all of our canned goods. It had started acting a little unusual and we knew that it would need attention. In order to get it out of the pantry, every shelf had to be emptied and removed first. That was fine since we were going to begin working on the pantry anyway. It all had to come out for the flooring to be replaced.
In order for the freezer to be replaced with an upright one, and shelving to fill in the rest of the floor space area where the deep freezer once sat, it was necessary to move an outlet several inches to the left, or west in particular. Mark fished the wire into its new place and in order to cover the old outlet area, we decided to put a utility cover over the empty box since beadboard lined the wall already.
With an empty outlet box with a cover, my mind instantly fixed on the idea of placing a time capsule inside for future generations to discover! I quickly got to work writing the note and printing off a few recent pictures of us.
We all stopped the progress of the pantry and prayed for whomever might find the missive. In fact, that is what the note is mostly about- points that we prayed about for them! We each signed near our face in the photo and folded the surprise and placed it into the empty receptacle.
The lid was placed on and the sentiments were then tucked out of sight behind the shelf we moved in front.
The pantry is finished and the kitchen is well underway, and the little time capsule sits patiently waiting for the day when its finder unscrews the lid and discovers the folded pages of memoirs- whoever that might be. Such fun!
~Rhonda
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