well, i never responded to the initial suggestions because to be honest, i sort of recoiled in horror at the thought of setting an alarm clock wake myself up a couple of times a night!

i don't think i care enough about remembering my dreams to put myself through that! it's bad enough that my alarm clock jars me awake every morning at 4:30 to get up and go to work...
however, i have had a couple of successes when i remembered to tell myself as i was drifting off, 'i will dream and in the morning i will remember my dream...'.
i think if i can continue to do that, i can build on it until it becomes a nice habit.
thanks for all your input!