Hello everybody

I've been looking in on this site from time to time, and because it now seems, that the world of LD has got me hooked, I decided, that I might as well give it at serious try.
So far I have managed to have one very short LD, but made newbee mistake number one (got very excited), and was kicked out.
In my attempt to build up a steady routine, I've found out, that two things are causing me problems.
First: There are simply to many interesting techniques, so I end up using a little bit of everything
Second: My kids (two and five years old) wake up at 5.30, which makes it very very difficult to lie still and concentrate on dream recall.
If "the one technique" exists, that can solve these problems, I'll be flying no time.