Well, it’s finally here. The day we finally get to stop seeing the ad nauseum TV commercials about who we should (or shouldn’t) vote for, and why. I, for one, will be very glad when it’s all over…I’ve had as much politics as I can stomach for another four years.
Anyway, I am deep in writing insanity, so I’m keeping this short and simple with a one word message.
And as an added incentive to do so, here’s a special giveaway. I’ll give away two books. Just leave a message here saying you went out and cast your ballot (no political debates, though…lol) and I’ll pick two random commenters to win the books.
Here’s to the U.S.A. Today is one of the many reasons I am so proud and happy to live here. And let’s all remember, we are not red states or blue states, we are all Americans.
Meaning we’re all purple.
Leslie Kelly used to say she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up, but then she discovered Nancy Drew books. Being a flashlight-under-the-covers-nose-in-book reader throughout her childhood, she couldn’t think of anything else she’d rather do as an adult than continue to lose herself in fictional stories. Her real life marriage of 20 years to the man of her dreams is a constant reinforcement that happily-ever-afters really can happen…and that they’re worth writing about. Living in Maryland, Leslie spends her non-writing time laughing a lot with the above-mentioned romance hero and their three daughters. Though an author of more than thirty sexy, contemporary comedies, she has recently branched out to write dark romantic suspense under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish.
ANOTHER WILD WEDDING NIGHT
Hard to Hold
Love Me If You Dare
Wild For Him
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Well it’s 4:45am so no, I haven’t voted YET, but I will be getting in line after work today and making my choice. I hope everyone else here does as well.
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I live in Georgia, one of the states that had early voting, so DH and I cast our vote two weeks ago.
I’ll have to take a nap later this afternoon so I can stay awake to watch the returns … :zzz:
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:jiveturkey: Ooh, like that guy! :)
Well, it’s 7:23 here, and I voted an hour and 23 minutes ago. . . and considering the years past in comparison, it already was fairly busy there. Geez louise! :)
Lois
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Hubby has already voted and we are just waiting for the granddog to be dropped off so we can leave and go vote.
I am glad I have a bunch of stuff dvr’d- I am so tired of all this, they can tell me in the morning who won. :wallbanger
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My polling place is my son’s elementary school, so I’m dropping him off in half an hour and then heading straight to the polls! I teach eighteen and nineteen year old college freshman and sophomores and I spent way too much of class last night trying to convince them that voting is a privilege and a responsibility. Less than half my classes are even registered :sosad: despite the fact that I offered extra credit a few weeks ago to encourage them to do just that!
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Purple is my favorite color! In my state we have early voting so I voted three weeks ago.
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We also have early voting, which hubby and I took advantage of last week. I only wish we had been able to let all those robo-calls know it was a waste of time to call us!
Good luck with the deadline, Leslie!
Have a great day, everyone!!
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I voted two weeks ago. I only wish that I could tell that to my adrenal gland!
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At 6:30 this morning I was the first person to vote in my polling place. My polling place is always a little crazy not enough space too many voters and not really organized well. Luckily for me I was out early and now I can go on with my day. The kids are out of school today so I think I am taking two of them to see High School Musical 3. My son will be 6 tomorrow and he has wanted to see the movie. Of course my 7 year old daughter wants to see it also. Have a great day everyone! :jumpleaf
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I will most definitely be heading out early this afternoon after i get off work.. if ever i felt the need to do so its this year. My husband just last week left for his second time to Iraq..this could be a big turning point for us military families..
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ev, unless it’s clear-cut tonight/tomorrow, the attorneys will get involved and it may be months before it’s over.
We’re watching Indiana Jones tonight. Bring on the skulls! I am so ready to watch the weather without having to wade through all the political BS.
I was number 36 to cast my ballot – amazing since I normally vote midday to late afternoon and my number is usually 50 to 80. Sad. The DD and I actually had to stand in line for about 20 minutes.
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I would not go into work this morning until I voted. I am now at work and my vote is cast. Thanks for a surprise giveaway!
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Jolene, thank you and your husband for his service to country!
:grouphug to all military members and families!
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I early voted about 3 weeks ago. That was the time to do it.
GO VOTE! 
Me and DH just walked right in . No line or anything.
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I also voted early…about 2 wks ago. I’m definitely tired of hearing about it and ready for it to be over.
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We had early voting in my state, so I already voted. Which was convenient, since I have a doc’s apt this morning, another one this afternoon and class this evening (good thing it’s my day off from work).
Even with early voting the lines have been very long. My husband and I voted last Friday after work. As I’m headed downtown I’m thinking it wasn’t so smart, most people are probably doing the same right after work. I couldn’t believe my luck when I had 3 parking spaces right in front of the main doors to cityhall waiting for me take my pick. And the line wasn’t even that long.
Debbie
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We have early voting in TN, so I voted two weeks ago.
Now I’m just ready for the longest election in history to be over.
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I voted first thing this morning. I only had to stand in line for 15 minutes and when I left the firehouse, the line was stretched across the parking lot. I am so proud to be an American today. :banana: I love seeing so many people willing and able to make a difference.
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Hi all~
Well, my civic duty is done for today. I voted at 7:50 this am. I was #119 in my precinct to vote. I couldn’t believe how busy it was – I circled the school twice before I found a spot. I live in a city (Peabody, MA) that gives the kids the day off from school because of everyone coming into the school to vote. My nieces are thrilled, of course. Me, I thought I was avoiding the long lines by voting early. (Jenn, High School Musical 3 was pretty good! I took my 8 year old niece last week to see it – we actually debated which one was better 1,2 or 3 with #1 winning but #3 coming in a close 2nd!)
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I voted a week and a half ago (I have an absentee ballot and so did hubby). My two oldest boys voted yesterday at school.
Don’t forget, tell Starbuck’s that you voted and get a free coffee!!!!!
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Jenn…HSM was awesome (oldest boy was dancing and singing the songs tha are online). Even my 3 year old was impressed.
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We voted by mail-in-ballot a couple of weeks ago. So I’m really ahead of the game! I will be very, very glad as well to see the political ads stop. I definitely have election fatigue.
I’m proud to be an American too!
Have a great day all,
Cher :jumpleaf
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As I have Tivo, I don’t worry much about political ads…I zip right through them. But the PHONE CALLS HAVE TO STOP!!!! I got no less than twenty calls yesterday. My nephews are getting their cell phones barraged. It’s ridiculous.
I voted. Just got back. My husband waited an hour this morning, but I zipped right through. It’s a little chilly and overcast, which means the Floridians will come out because we won’t be baking in our usual heat. I hear there’s mild weather in places like NY, Chicago, Philadelphia. That always makes a difference, I think!
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I am on my way to vote now.
Can’t wait to hear
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Just got back from voting!! I always take the kids with me. They can’t wait until they are old enough to vote!!
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I too will be happy when the political adds end. I think we should go back to adds with less substance and more flash. Some blog posted a YouTube clip of JFK’s TV add. It’s a catchy tune and very cute. I don’t think any issues are addressed but, who cares?! The current adds don’t mean anything. Bring back the showman ship!
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I voted this morning. I for one will be glad not to be constantly bombarded anymore by “the latest polls.” There seem to be more and more of them every election cycle, and they drive me INSANE! :angryred
The only poll that should matter is the one today.
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My daughter could only vote early in the morning or late at night and was too worried to go by herself so I brought her when the polls opened at 7am. It wasn’t too bad, we only waited an hour.
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I voted before I came to work this morning.
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I early voted in AZ about 2 weeks ago- my 9 year old son voted at school also! We have had a fun time with the election process and I think I helped set a good example for my kids.
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Just got back from voting and waiting in a two hour line. It is worth it though. I have voted in every election since I could. I love being American
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I went to the polls at 7:10 this morning, stood a long, but quick moving line, and voted. I was thrilled to see how many people of different ages and backgrounds where there. :)
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I voted early here in NC on Saturday. I wanted to make sure nothing got in my way of voting today.
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Will vote in a couple of hours. :flower4you:
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I dropped our ballots off this morning (mine, Don’s and Danielle’s — she just turned 18 so she voted, too!).
Beautiful weather here in Oregon today!!! Crisp and cold, sunny but only in the very low 50’s with tons of leaves on the ground. I love it! :jumpleaf
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I voted early! I was supposed to be out of town today but life always happens and changes the best laid plans. To all the voters out there
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Hubby and I voted early. It actually did not take as long as I expected. Some voting sites had long, long waits, so I guess we were fortunate. Since I don’t live in a swing state, we were not bombarded by as many ads, phone calls, visits, etc., as some were; but we received enough.
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Purple’s a pretty good color to be, Leslie! I, too, am extremely happy that the political commercials will stop running after today. A year of this stuff is more than I can stomach, which is probably why my TV watching has gone down a lot in recent months and been only DVR when I do watch it.
I have turned in my ballot and am waiting to see the results.
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turn in by mail taht was exciinting to vote, go vote 2008 and i vote to go get Leslie blazes, so damn good, coant wait for the next in 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi leslie
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:jumpleaf did my civic duty and voted….now its a wait n see game!!
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I voted early. I knew early on who I would be voting for so I went ahead of the crowd to do it!
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Janelle, Isn’t OR a vote-by-mail state? That’s what I heard anyway, though, you may have had to drop off your votes since you only recently moved there.
I voted 3 weeks ago. Love absentee ballots.
Patricia
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Happy Election Day everyone!! Leslie I couldn’t agree more I am so excited the day is FINALLY here because I don’t want to see a campaign ad for at least a year. I voted nice and early this morning it was great to see so many people at the polls.
My rule is you can’t complain if you don’t vote. So if you haven’t done it yet make sure you go out and VOTE.
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I Voted!! I’m excited since it only took me 9 minutes from start to finish. My voting location Rocks!!!!!
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I figured there would be a long line after work so I voted during my lunch hour . . . wasn’t bad at all. I walked in, voted and walked out less than 15 minutes later.
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I voted a little after 8:00 a.m. this morning and I was in and out the polling place I went to had no lines.
I am so ready for the ads to be over.
I took today off since my son had it off and I got to watch the “View” or should I say catfight this morning all I have to say is that Elizabeth is annoying also they had to bleep :argue1: Whoppi because she was :argue1: at Elizabeth I was
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I am so patriotic that when I cast my ballot about two hours ago I felt so proud that I felt tears in my eyes from the shear joy of being able to do this one simple thing. Just think about how many people around the world don’t have this priviledge and then think about how many people who do and choose not to use it.
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I got up early, grabbed an umbrella, and packed the biggest cup of coffee I could carry. I was ready to camp out there in the pouring rain all day if I had to.
Got to the polls, though, and there was no line. Just a nice old lady with a roll of stickers telling me I was a great American.
I LOVE ELECTION DAY!
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I too am sick of all the political commercials and this whole election. I did my part and voted this afternoon!
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My favorite color has always been purple!
Please enter me – and thank you so much!
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I am so ready for this election to be over with. I did vote. Can’t believe the lines at some places. Wow… :scratch3:
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Hubby and I went to vote this morning. We thought we would take turns staying in the car with the kids, not wanting to have to wait in line with a 2 and 3 year old. Luckily our polling place didn’t have a line, so we got to vote quickly. Then we went to Starbucks for our free coffee!!
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I just voted. The lines are much shorter now. We don’t have early voting here.
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I also live in a state with no early voting (that was on the ballot today, actually!) But had absolutely no problem getting in and out within 10 minutes at around 11a.m. One of the perks of small town living, I guess.
And YAY for Plotmonkeys visitors!!
Nice to know we are all so invested in the future of this great country of ours! :banana: :banana:
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I voted!! I had to wait maybe 3 minutes to step up to the table! From the time I parked my car, to finish might have been 10 minutes! I think this election has seen me more excited to vote than ever before and I have been voting for over 40 years!!!
I’ve missed one time when it was just a proposition and there was so little buzz about it I simply forgot!! That was over 40 years ago! I forgot to make sure my 19 year old grandson registered & voted but I’m pretty sure he did. Like everyone else I am so relieved we don’t have to listen to political ads or debates or anything else to do with campaigning!!!
It seems it has gone on forever!
Jolene, thank you to your family and your husband for his service. I always pray for the safety of the men and women that are serving our country.
We need an American flag icon. Pretty please. :giggler
Good luck finishing your book, Leslie.
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Voting Day here in VA was a quick in and out trip! My husband who is a veteran (served 26 yrs) voted early this morning and I voted after a dreaded dentist appointment. We feel if you vote then you have the right to “Bitch” about what’s going on in this country! God Bless our Vets…. :grin1:
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Got to love early voting. I cast my vote almost two weeks ago. The lines this morning at our neighborhood elementary school were unbelievable.
Whatever happens today in the election will make it into the history books. Either we will have our first black president or our first female vice president.
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I voted at 11am in Boston, Ma. As it was the first time voting since my move, I made sure to have identification and the confirmation of my registering to vote. It was busy but well organized – took 10 minutes.
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We dropped off our ballots this morning as we dropped off the kids for school
Hooray for exercising our voices!
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My state votes by mail, so I voted several days ago.
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I AM SO GLAD THAT ELECTION DAY IS HERE!! I join you, Leslie, in enjoying the fact that
it is almost over! I voted for the first time in 1960. (for John F. Kennedy) Since that time
I’ve never missed an election, but I must tell you it was close this year! It got so bad for
me that I found myself almost physically ill when the “commercials” came on!! The
election process MUST be revamped, it was entirely TOO LONG this year! What good is
process doing if it is turning people off!! Honey will be home in 30 minutes and we are
going to vote! But something must be done!!
Pat Cochran
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Today was the first time that I got to vote because I wasn’t a citizen until recently. SO YEAH I VOTE!!! I am really happy about been able to vote in this country that is so diffrent from CUBA where you never get to vote for the president.
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Julie I am with you I will be glad when this is all over and we can listen to Christmas music until we want to puck! LOL Not really anything is better then this for a while at least for a while.
I am on my way to vote went past one time while running for something for work and the lines were long so thought it was better to wait after work.
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PS I wonder why the time is wrong on here it says 6:11pm and it is really 4:20 have I lost my mind?????
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WOOHOO! Everyone go vote!! I voted last week but am so excited to see the lines at the polling places near my house.
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So generous, Les.
I voted!
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We made it a family event. My son is old enough to vote now, so we all went together.
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I voted after I ate lunch at home. It felt good to do so. :)
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I voted
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Hello Leslie. My fiance and I went out at 6am to vote. It was our first time and it felt good to vote
Hugssss
LindaH
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All done! Was waiting for hubby to get home from work and he was ready to have me hop in the car and go! Lucky we were open til 9 for voting!
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YAY for all of us for voting!!
And yay for our new president! (Whoever that may be… ) Tomorrow, may we all come together and move forward as one UNITED country again.
‘Kay?!?
Now, the winners…
Maureen # 28
and
Lois # 3
Congratulations ladies! Write to me at author@lesliekelly.com and let me know which of my books you’d like, plus your snail mail addy, and I’ll get them right out to you.
Oh, heck, I’m in a good mood. How about five winners instead of two?!?
Barbara-Jo, # 19
Tricia # 44
Jenn C # 9
Congratulations!! And THANK YOU everyone for being such great Americans!!
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Wow. Just wow.
A historic day indeed…whether you like him or not, what an amazing show of progress from a country that still had segregated schools in MY own lifetime.
Congratulations President-Elect Obama!
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I live in a small town and we all go to a church to vote and we didn’t have a long line to stand in.
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I voted! Yay for me
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I voted around 2 pm this afternoon and was number 532. That is high for my area. I live in a small town in northern lower michigan.
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Making purple! LOL That brings back memories of camp etc… Hm. I voted absentee so I sent in my ballot over a week ago – so excited about this year :)
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I’m not in the US, but we have elections in 3 days where I am. I can’t wait for the elections to be over with.
I’m still in a little bit of shock over the results of your elections. Good on all the Americans here for voting today.
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I voted at 8 AM tuesday morning in Florida. Went right in, NO WAIT!! It was a perfect voting experience. We had paper ballots this year after the electronic snafus of the last few major elections!! I think early voting helped ease the pressure.
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I voted! Bright and Early, but could not comment until now.