Who'd a thought that a simple query to a Myspace.com page would result in the finding of long lost friends? Within 24 hours no less and from halfway around the world.

I've been looking for some friends in New Zealand, off and on, for the last 6 or 7 years. A couple of years ago I found a cell phone number in the online white pages in New Zealand but no address. Of course I promptly lost the number and never found it listed again.

 Yesterday I decided to reactivate my page on Myspace.com (yeah, I know - what's a 50 year old woman doing with a Myspace page.) I did a search on my friends oldest daughter - she was the only one who's name I could remember. Had to search through a few pages but found one that looked like a good possiblity.

 Sent a message to the person yesterday, telling them what I was looking for and could they possibly be one of the people I was looking for. This morning I check my e-mail and I've got a message from that person. Turns out I picked the right page - it belongs to the oldest daughter of my friends. Not only that, but she happened to be at her parent's house when she was checking her Myspace page and saw my message.

Turns out the family had left New Zealand, except for 1 daughter, and headed to Australia. Could explain why I couldn't find any trace of them in New Zealand. Didn't think to look in Australia - but then again, Australia is just a wee bit larger than New Zealand. Guess I'll be looking at a trip to Australia when the economy here improves (if it ever does).

You always here the bad things about Myspace.com and Facebook but here's one that's great. Kinda like how I found my husband. Decided to see if he had joined the 21st Century and was online - found him on Classmates.com and the rest is history. See the Wedding Blogs for more details.