Glade you are on the mend GB.
I am like you - planning to make gifts, from wood, for this Christmas as I lost my part time job last week. Boss can't afford to pay us.
Hopefully I will be back there in about 3 months.
I brought some cheap pine shelving yesterday. Today I have glued a lot of puzzle patterns on half of it ready to cut. I am going to try selling some of them at the local markets.