Post MILD successes Recognizing that you are in a dream

If I read a lot of posts on DV I dream about DV. But I don't become lucid.

MILD has been the best technique for me. I would like to read more examples of becoming lucid through MILD. I hope this will cause me to have more LDs from MILD. Maybe it will help others too. :)

Here are some examples of where after using MILD while falling asleep I became lucid:

1) dream I'm in meeting with my boss Gail and another woman. I ask several questions about this other woman. Then I realize Gail is retired and this must be a dream.

2) dream I am with my family, someone mentions not disturbing my grandmother. I realize my grandmother is dead and this must be a dream

3) A stranger who is playing the guitar and singing says "Hi Asclepius". How can a stranger know my name. I realize I'm dreaming (edit: I had another dream where I became lucid when I wondered how strangers in a fast food restaurant knew my name)

4) I am helping a woman put her drunk daughter in her car. I see a 12 inch tall deer that looks like a living cartoon. I realize I'm dreaming

5) In very large multi-floor building going from floor to floor. At one point going up stairs quickly start flying. Realize I am dreaming

[i]Please post examples where you used MILD and then realized you were dreaming

I've had one lucid, but only for a couple seconds...anyway:
I was getting out of bed, I look outside a window, and see these large white skyscrapers, I think to myself, "I don't live here, I live in boring ____"

Well this post worked for me. First lucid dream in April the night of posting.

I was on a beach in "Bermuda". The ocean was an amazing shade of blue (Hawaii has a nice blue in the ocean, but this was the perfect blue). I look at the sand and it is shimmering.

I say aloud "Why is it so beautiful?" and realize that its a dream! :D

edit: had first WILD after last post, so this is my lucky thread :-P

edit: May 9 - I am walking outside in the snow at 5:00 am in the morning. I wonder "Why isn't it cold?" and realize that its a dream :)

Only lucid dream:
A dog jumps on my feet while im on the computer. I know that we dont have a dog so I go downstairs and see my friend with something weird floating around his head- I then scream out "Holy crap im dreamin"


actually - I didnt do that with a mild... It was more a DILD