diff --git a/atws/__init__.py b/atws/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/atws/__init__.py
+++ b/atws/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+'''
+@todo: create a picklist object that allows:
+preferrably have the wrapper auto generate these objects if needed
+but also allow them to be passed in (from a pickle cache later on)
+tp = PickList('Ticket')
+tp.Status(5) 
+'Complete'
+tp.Status('Complete')
+5
+tp.IssueType('ThisIssue')
+23455
+'''
 from pytz import timezone
 from wrapper import connect
 from query import Query
added todo: picklist object for programatic picklist conversion between
friendly names and ids.