DB,
What you described is a dive in to land, and your landings will be
different each time. Learn to turn base nose high or flat to bleed off
speed, on final pitch the nose up slightly and wait, be paitiant (sp), until
the plane slows and start to sink, use throttle to adjust your sink rate
to the begining of the runway, add a little power to flatten out before
touch down, flare, and wait for the mains to kiss the runway. If you
set up each time this way, you will look like a pro.

Johnny