My bedtime routine:
Shut off TV and lamp in living room. The Bandit senses this is bedtime and races into bedroom. I enter bedroom, The Bandit hops up on the bed being all flirtatious and cooing at me. I crawl under the covers just in time to avoid The Nugget tearing up my bare legs as she...
My cats are allowed on the counter, that's where their food is (out of the reach of a fat Lab). They stay on the 1/3 of the counter where their dish is. My stove and prep area is on a different counter and I never see them up there.
If it's really bothersome (or a safety issue), you could...