I had a weird experience 6 months ago which you folks interpreted for me as a sort of semi-lucid dream. So I got into trying your techniques for lucid dreaming, but nothing really worked: normally I can't even remember my dreams, and I never got to the stage where I could even remember anything reliably. After 2 or 3 months of nothing happening, I gave up.

Then this morning I woke up, went downstairs to the kitchen and realized that I was dreaming. When I realized this, a wave of strange sensation swept over my body, which I thought was my body trying to wake up. But I ignored this and carried on.
To prove I was dreaming, I decided to make things disappear. So I made the sink vanish, and then I made the cooker vanish, and then all the crockery. This was such fun!
But then I needed a cup and I had vanished them all, so I created a cup out of thin air. I was so pleased I could do this!
I got out the cornflakes and milk, and mixed them all together in a big bowl. Then I realized this was wrong: I can't eat all that. So I magiced the milk back into the bottle.
At this point there was a sort of smooth transition into being awake in bed.

This dream was so much fun! Being able to make things appear and disappear is so cool! I'm going to have another go at your training methods, because I really want more experiences like this.