Thanks Carl! Great Guide, as always of course.
One tip I thought of, when you have quest activities that require energy it helps to do them at your neighbor's house rather than your own. You get 5 bonus energy for each neighbor and you can use that energy to complete most quest tasks. Save your other energy for things that can't be done at other's houses, like skill activities.
I learned some great things, like that you don't have to load the game to accept gifts... will save me a TON of time! lol