Getting started with scripting

[Daniel Brogan]

It's been a while since I've done any AppleScripting. Can anyone tell me if
the following is possible, and, if possible, help me get started?

I'd like to write a script that will select all of the checked items in my
to do list, gather them under a headline with the current date, and then
move them to a separate completed items outline. The resulting outline will
give me a diary of what got done when.

Thanks.

-Dan