retaining wall

I'm getting ready to build a retaining wall. This will be my first big landscaping job, but I went to home depot and Vic talked me through it. (God help me) It is going to be hard work, but when I am done it will be something that increases the beauty of my back yard. I will stand on that wall once it is finished and beat my chest to the Gods and say "I am man, look at my creation!" Then the wall will collapse and once again my aflac will come to my rescue. All hail the duck! I will post a picture of the before and after. Hopefully the after will look better than the before. I will list the steps that I plan to go by and if anybody out there knows what they are doing and see's an error or know's a better way of doing please let me know.

My retaining was is going to be in the shape of a half moon.

1. I will dig a trench roughly two to two and a half feet wide, 5 to 6 inches deep.
2. I will lay the landscape fabric and then fill the first 3 to 4 inches with crushed limestone.
3. I should be ready for my first stone at this point. I will take a level and check side to side and front to back. If it is a little off I will tap it with a rubber mallet or if need be use some limestone or fabric to correct the problem.
4. I will then repeat the process through the whole first level of bricks. (though I will to use a level that spands at least two bricks)
5. Once the first level is done it is a matter of just stacking the rest on them. When I get to the third level (this whole time using 57's or pea gravel to fill the gap from the bricks to the dirt wall) I will put in a drainage tube. (if i don't do this the rain could cause my wall to shift)
6. Then continue the stacking and pea gravel until I get near the top. Once I get near the top I fold the landscape fabric back over and cut off the excess. Then fill the rest with dirt and put on my cap stones with an adhesive.

If any one knows this to be inaccurate please let me know before I get started. I am actually looking forward to doing this. I've done small jobs inside of house such as putting in faucets and the guts of a toilet and building shelfs to make the doors of a closet fit. This is by far my largest and most expensive job I will have tried by myself, (with the help of relatives when I need it )

As a great man once said "may the force be with you" I will need it.