Meditation Suggestions, Help, Tips?

[curiousyill]

So if there is already a thread like this I apologize in advance, but here it goes. I recently picked up meditation, but everyone I know thinks it's silly and so on; so I don't really have any friends that take me seriously about it. I like to try to meditate at least 10 minutes a day at the moment, and I started my two older boys on it with me. The kids have fun with it, but sometimes I wonder if I'm doing it right. I've read one book so far, Meditation for Dummies (it's really a nice book); but want to expand my knowledge beyond it obviously. So far my technique is sitting up straight with my legs crossed, or on bad days (I had lower back surgery) I try to meditate in the Buddha laying position. During meditation time I try to focus by feeling my body from head to toe, then focus on counting breaths. Most of the time I do a decent job, and often when my thoughts aren't clouding me; I tend to accidentally live in my imagination until I realize I've lost track. I don't mind those imagination trips, but it makes me question if I am doing it wrong; I'm an artist by nature so I live in my imagination as often as reality allows (not too often anymore, parenting takes up a lot of time). Well so anyway, I wanted to start this thread for myself; and so others can get great tips too. So any suggestions? Tips? Questions? Thank you all in advance!