Is it possible to use two separate Apple IDs in Home Sharing?

My wife and I each have an Apple ID that we have used in the past, pre-iTunes 9, for our own individual iTunes libraries. We would like to do Home Sharing, but it seems like we would have to go down to a shared Apple ID that wouldn't be either of the ones we already have. Is it possible that we can "sync" our two IDs with a new ID for Home Sharing so that we can still keep our separate identities, but still be able to Home Share? I figure that we could create a new ID and just authorize things from our old IDs, but we really don't want to do that. Any suggestions or answers? Thanks in advance for your help and sorry if this was asked before.

I figure that we could create a new ID
Don't do that.
Make sure both computers are authorized for both iTunes accounts and use the same account (either one, it doesn't matter) to turn on Home Sharing.

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