On the topic of leaves, I ask permission from all of my neighbors to come and collect all of their leaves (as long as they don't have dogs) to use in my gardens. I suck them up with the rider and bagger. So far everyone has been happy to share, enthusiastic even!
100% the BEST thing you can do for your soil. But be careful not to include dog manure. Cat or dog manure is no good for gardens. One guy was like "what the heck, why can't you come get mine too, you get everyone else's!" so I had to explain, and he understood.
On the topic of the game, we are going to roll the 9ers. They are injured, old, and have no QB. CMC is falling apart for good this time (anything Achilles is no good) and the Bills are in the middle of a movie right now that has a happy ending. I'm talking small town, gazebo, christmas lights, the whole 9 yards.
Have the tissues ready for mid February this year because there's going to be a lot of happy tears!