Thank you so much Borg, Jazzo, KittyKat And Rockmower. Truly, I appreciate your answers and, most especially for being kind and patient with me. I was having to get ready for work, and my peeps were out of berries and I had got building points before farming, in the thinking that they would need the water for the farming etc;. Got that wrong for starters. But, thankfully, I was able to accrue enough points to get farming points so they could eat again before I left, and when I came home, they were still alive. Thank you Jazzo! I'm embarrased to confess that I already HAD it on easy...But, I still hate that they have to do something a million times to get very little ahead.
And yes, I do love the game regardless of it's little annoyances. As a writer of science fiction, I can appreciate all the little idiosyncrasies, but I'd still like to see babysitters for the Mums! Encorporate the tweens, especially as they're not much useful for anything else! I feel better now and, I do apologise for being so whingey...Forgive me?