First off, I gotta give multibeard a big ole howdy..hope MI is treatin ya well
And, iffn ya got a wood-burnin furnace outside, ya might as well hook up yer hot water to it too. It's really not that difficult as it may sound, and even if you don't run it to the house, when the power's out, it's nice to have a big tank of hot water waitin fer ya.
I been burnin wood all my life and wouldn't trade it fer nothin. We do have propane heat here, and use it for backup only...but I can say we aint never hardly used it.
We should count ourselves lucky that we can heat our homes..it's a tough thing to do fer some folks...esp. as high as oil is these days.