diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/todo.py b/bumblebee/modules/todo.py
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+# pylint: disable=C0111,R0903
+
+"""Displays the number of todo items in ~/Documents/todo.txt"""
+
+import platform
+
+import bumblebee.input
+import bumblebee.output
+import bumblebee.engine
+
+
+class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
+
+    
+    def __init__(self, engine, config):
+        super(Module, self).__init__(engine, config,
+            bumblebee.output.Widget(full_text=self.output)
+        )
+        self._todos = self.count_items() 
+
+
+    def output(self, widget):
+       self._todos = self.count_items()
+       return self._todos 
+
+    
+    def state(self, widgets):
+        if self._todos == 0 :
+            return "empty"
+        return "items"
+        
+
+    def count_items(filename):
+        try:
+            i=-1
+            with open('/home/codingo/Documents/todo.txt') as f:
+                for i, l in enumerate(f):
+                    pass
+            return i+1 
+        except Exception:
+            return 0
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4