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From The Bachelorette to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition! The lovely Jillian Harris recently traveled to Slaughterville, Okla., where she pitched in to rebuild the home of Brian and Audra Skaggs, whose two-year-old son, Jhett, has a weakened immune system after receiving a heart transplant. “The Skaggs reminded me of ‘ my kind of people ,” says Jillian, who is still engaged to Bachelorette winner Ed Swiderski. “They love country music, campfires, family.” Something about that hard hat definitely suits Jill, too … Jillian Harris is never afraid to get her hands dirty . Her expertise as an interior designer certainly came in handy, but Jillian says she also benefited personally from the experience on the feel-good reality show. “After catapulting into the public eye, getting my heart broken, traveling the world, then falling in love, getting engaged, all while traveling the world again, and then dealing with a public media storm, I was frazzled,” Jillian says. “I missed the ‘regular,’ spunky energetic Jilly, and worried if she would ever come back. As clich