Welcome to the forums! Glad to have you around; always nice to hear from new people.

Here are some links you may find useful in your endeavors:

The Lucid Dreaming induction techniques -
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=74871

Where you can start and uphold your own Dream Journal, right here on DreamViews -
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=26

The tutorial on how to properly Reality Check (Located in Shift's sig =D)
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/....php?p=1057431

Hopefully that's good enough to set you on the right path! Good luck, and have fun! Feel free to ask any questions you may need....the community is very helpful.