The things that have changed?
(1) I have gotten the iPhone app RealityCheck based on AngelPotter's recommendation, and I have set it to ring Tibetan bells between 20 minutes to every 1 hour at most during the hours when I am awake, and I reality check when it rings the bells
(2) On Thursday night I did not get enough sleep so I was exhausted the past couple of nights and have been sleeping a very long time (for the past two nights I slept like 10 hours or so each night - it's the advantage of a weekend, one can do that sort of thing)
(3) I have been waking up like three times during the night to write down my dreams
(4) Oh and when I go to sleep whether it is in the evening or after one of those middle of the night awakenings, I repeat "Lucid Dream" over and over again, or I count like this "1 I am dreaming 2 I am dreaming 3 I am dreaming ..." while visualizing the numbers.
And that's pretty much why the past two nights my recall has been phenomenal, and I am soooo close to getting lucid.