Lately I have been keeping 1 regular shovel for moving trees/flowers and digging stuff up, and 1 flimsy shovel that is only for hitting rocks (including digging the empty holes for rock hitting purposes). As long as you only dig empty spots and always hit the rock when there are materials in it...
I love Bob but would never have him in ACNH, because:
1. He up and left my town in 2002 without so much as a "goodbye" and I will never forgive him, and
2. His personality in NH is so dumbed down from how I remember him on GameCube, he may as well be lobotomized.
I haven't experienced all of them yet because I haven't played for a full year, but my favorite so far is the sports fair. I'll always remember walking up to Elmer during the morning aerobics and him telling me that he's nervous for the race. When it was time for the race, he won and I was so...
The only ones I remember from my first town 20 years ago are Bob, Puddles, Grizzly, Pecan, and Louie. They were all fun lil guys. Bob was my favorite and when he moved away I was devastated and quit playing.