Note pads

Do you have notepads in key places?  In any home, usually there are places were families leave notes, write down phone messages, or need something to write on.  At some point in my life, I began keeping notepads at each of those locations with a pen.  That way, when you need to write something in a hurry, there's no rushing around looking for a pen or paper.  I have one next to the kitchen phone (our main one), and one in a drawer right by the outside door where people can leave the rest of the family a note if needed.  It has simplified the frantic-search-for-paper-problem.