Thread: How to wake up?

Hey,
So far I have had one, vague, lucid dream but I have a slight problem with recalling my dreams.

Usually I wake up with my alarm clock on my phone about half an hour before I used to wake up, to give me some time to write down my dream(s).

The problem is that to shut it off I need to move quite a lot since my phone lies quite high and above my head. And to have the best dream recall, you shouldn't move when you wake up, right?
So when, in the weekends for example, I don't set my alarm clock but go to bed with the intent to wake up and remember my dreams but I wake up really gradually and once I am awake enough to remember to recall my dream it's already gone.
I also think that if it's too easy for me to shut off my alarm I'd just go back to sleep or remember too late that I should recall my dreams.

Does anyone know the best way to wake up?

Also another question: when I wake up I go through the entire dream in my head before I write it down, but usually the dream is already half gone before I went all over it. Is this the best way to do that?

EDIT: Oh, and the last question. How do I stop my mind from wandering while trying to recollect what happened in the dream?