Thanks for the help. This forum and the Lucidity FAQ helped me to finally accomplish a lucid dream. I've done it before, but not on purpose. I started trying on Saturday, and I had one this morning. What happened is that my dream started fading, and I knew that reality couldn't fade, so I "spun" and it worked.

I was in the driveway, totally lucid. My dog that died a few weeks ago was with me, and I petted him some. I had to spin again to stay in it. Then a few seconds later I tried to stay in it by spinning a third time but I waited too late and woke up. So it was like a 15 second lucid dream, but I remember that it was crystal clear; it was like reality. As I develop my dreaming ability, surely they will get longer and easier to stay in right?