Lightroom 3.5 - Library automatic syncing between two Macs?

Hey there you Lightroom-Masters!
I am diggin' deeper and deeper into Professional Photography and am now using two Macs two develop my my .DNG RAWs.
In my Livingroom stands a 27" iMac, which is great to develop them further, and when I am on the road I am using a 15" MacBook Pro.
Thing is: the iMac has a Library of roughly 40.000 Pictures, the MacBook Pro is mostly used when I am not home for editing. Is there
any way I can sync my Librarys via Ethernet to each other? That way I wouldn't need to re-edit my shots again on my iMac, or export my
whole catalogue and push them around via my own network...
I hope one can understand my problem, if not I'll try hard to explain it further...
Greetings from germany,
Moritz Schwertner
// Head of Photo Odyssey
// www.photoodyssey2011.com
// www.photoodyssey2012.com
// www.moritzschwertner.de

Given the amount of images and the idea to stay portable (I am carrying around 10kg of Equipment + the MBP) it is not an option to keep the catalogue saved on a portable FireWire (or Thunderbolt Drive). I just need a solution to sync the processed images with my iMac, best would be via my home network (as I don't need to sync it when I am abroad or else). Simple as that...
The second idea from you, Hal, is more feasible for me. I'll test that out as soon as I can.
I am still wondering why Lightroom hasn't got that function right away... I can't believe that I am the only one wanting such a feature?
But thank you very much, Hal!
- Moritz

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