Thank you both of you for your encouragement and ideas. I won't ever give up and I'm glad to hear testimonials that it really works. I know I'm new so it might take awhile.
I've also thought of a new method: a 10 second alarm will let me stay as still as possible as I wake up to recall.
Loaf, I will also start thinking about parts of the dream during the day now, I frequently know that I've dreamt something but just can't grasp it and really remember, hopefully this'll allow me to remember those parts.
And Bm: How long have u kept a dream journal for? I'm interested in how you've progressed since starting.