I have a load of questions for those overly experienced players!

1. When you go up the hill in back of Vesta's and you connect to Friends of Mineral town, what happens? What do you see? Can you buy stuff? PLease give me a summary.

2. Can someone give me a description of the scene when you die?

3. How rich can you get?

4. Can your wife or son die before you?

5. What is the easiest methods of caring for your crops and animals?

I agree with Pockers, you need to work out a routine and stick to it.

My daily routine in chapter 1:

Wake up (any time from 5am-7am, since this is before the alarm clock)
Check assets, making sure no animals are sick, then check the weather
Snuggle all chickens
Snuggle all cows and bulls, milk any milking cows. Bring them inside if it's going to rain, or bring them outside if it is a nice day.
Water crops if it isn't raining and isn't likely to rain that day
By this time it is usually 10am-12pm, depending on if I had to water
I then go around the town, foraging all plants and flowers and visiting the people I want to befriend to give them gifts
Go back to the farm
Snuggle all chickens again and collect eggs
Snuggle and milk cows, bringing them inside if it is likely to rain overnight
Eat something and go to bed

I fill in any spare time with fishing, and usually go to bed between 9pm and 10pm.

In chapter 2 it alters slightly. When my son wakes up I take him around the farm with me, showing him animals and animal products, because I always want him to be a rancher or farmer. I usually have 8 chickens and at least 4 cows by then, so I generally don't have time for fishing. And I like to stay around the farm to encourage my child. I have also befriended most of the people I needed to (to get their gifts) and I forage only every other day, when there are flowers, ignoring the plants. It's a lot of work going round the whole valley for plants that get 10 or 15G. Instead of fishing, I spend spare time encouraging my son to be a rancher.