HI MCB, I also just posted my first..uh...post.I remember most of my dreams also and have some control over them but I realize I was not lucid when I wake up.Sometimes in a dream I think to myself " I,m just dreaming again" but it's almost a passing thought.When I focus on that thought,I usually become lucid and my dreamworld becomes amazingly clear.I am awake in a dream.I don't think i am qualified to give you advice,but i can say I think you came to the right spot.I actually haven't had a LD in awhile,so I'm in the same stage as you and will be interested in the replies to your post.Welcome aboard!