OK to use both iPhoto and Lightroom?

I have a late-model 27” iMac (Lion) with all of my many thousands of photos stored and organized in iPhoto with the help of iPhoto Library Manager. For editing my digital images I have not used iPhoto but rather Photoshop Elements (currently Elements 10) as an external editor. I have investigated use of Aperture for managing and editing my photos, but my research indicates that Lightroom is a better program. Therefore, I prefer to use Lightroom. So here’s what I’m thinking of doing:
1. Leave all of my existing photos in iPhoto and continue to edit them using Elements as an external editor.
2. Install Lightroom and designate that all new images imported into my iMac go into Lightroom.
3. Edit and manage all new images with Lightroom using Elements as an external editor to perform those editing
functions that Lightroom cannot do.
Is this a workable arrangement? Are you aware of any problems with such a setup? I‘d like to avoid being hit with any big surprises! I would appreciate feedback, especially from anybody who has tried this or a similar method.
Bob

Old Toad,
Thanks for responding.
Please re-read my post. I never said that I intended to use Lightroom to edit photos that are in my iPhoto Library. On the contrary I said that my thought was to continue to use Elements for editing the images in my iPhoto library.
My purpose is to avoid having to move all of my existing photos from iPhoto to Lightroom. I have reviewed some online tutorials on what's required to move photos from iPhoto to Lightroom, and it appears to be a long, involved, and tedious task, particularly if thousands of photos are involved as they are in my case. It's not a job that I would look forward to.
Bob

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