Hey there Wayne (that's my name too ), and welcome!

You say that you find signs that you're dreaming, and then wake up. Does that mean that you actually realize that you're dreaming right before you wake up? If so, then congratulations, you're already having lucid dreams -- short though they might be.

Now you just need to work on prolonging the dream once you become lucid. Have you read through the Tutorials section of the web site yet? I would highly recommend that -- there is plenty of good information there for inducing lucid dreams, maintaining them, and controlling them.

Even if you are not actually becoming lucid before you wake up, it sounds like you are very close. What methods are you using to try to induce lucidity?