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It depends on the kind of notes I'm taking: if I'm in a lecture where I'm just listening, I use my iPad with a bluetooth keyboard (works well because the screen is more adjustable than on a laptop) but if I'm interacting in a meeting then paper and pencil is best because I usually need to take less detailed notes and can later, when typing something up, refer to them (I find it easier to look at paper next to me while writing then a second window...)

Talking about Ikea.... A cheaper, super easy hack is http://onlinecatalog.ikea-usa.com/US/en/IKEA_Catalog/?page_no=14-15&ref they just cover it with fabric, which for a cheap cheast might be the easiest, cheapest option.

I find that most methods like these (Parental controls being a common one) tend to backfire. I know someone who in response to tech "rationing" set up Parental controlls on his parents computer. So how about just talking with your kids/teenagers about helping out so everyone can live in a nice clean house?

Your kitchen (and cat!) are adorable!
Also, although my cat doesn't voluntarily go on tables/counters, she is one of the cleanest beings I know, and I really wouldn't find it gross (especially since I go over surfaces I'm cooking/eating on anyway)

As a child my extended family lived oversees and most summers, since the age of five, I went to visit them on my own. I found, that all though packing all of those things was helpful in avoiding boredom, they made my backpack very heavy which when traveling alone became very cumbersome, and made it very easy to leave things behind. The only thing my parents always packed for me was a passport, and in it a document simply stating where I was going and who was in charge of me during that time (signed by my parents of course)