Molest yourself?
I will hold back my comments...
If I remember there are only 5 wires behind the tstat. They are color coded. Don't let them touch. Or touch them for that matter. Best to power down the furnace. There should be a circuit breaker in the circuit breaker panel that says "furnace". Turn it off and there also should be another power switch next to the furnace. You can power it off there, as well.
My cornhole, err uhh, corn stove has a glass window in the door so you can watch the fire burn. its like 27* outside right now...
