I usually play twice a day. First is about 12 or 1 pm. That's when visit the shops, find the fossils, do island tours, etc.. And then at 7 pm I go to the island and catch high priced bugs and fish.
Apollo. He is my absolute favorite villager, but his house is right in between two other houses and it looks weird. It doesn't annoy me so much that I want him to leave my town, but I don't like it.