Sharing stuff on my iMac

I'm a fairly new iMac user (11/07) and i just bought a macbook air. It is using my airport extreme and on that network is my imac, a pc and now my mac book air.
I want to transfer the dates from my ical on my iMac to the macbook air. When i'm on the Air.. if I go to finder I see under sharing that it lists my iMac. But when i click on that there is nothing there. It has me listed as a guest. When I try to sign as myself it has a box that asks for my name and password (from the iMac i'm guessing). It has the name box filled in with my full name: Susan Kelly. and the password box is blank. I really only use a combo of a few passwords and none of them are working. I'm not even sure my "full name" that it automatically fills in for me is right.
Is there a way I can go to my iMac and find out what the name and password is? When I first got this computer it asked me to register for so many things and now I can't remember what is what.
To share with my imac can i do it as a "guest" or do i have to sign in? How can I get my calendar and also my e-mail stuff (addresses and such).
Thanks for any help at all!
Susan

Do you have either an external FW or USB drive or a USB flash drive? Do you have a .Mac account? Is it your intent to merely transfer this data once or do you want to be able to sync the data regularly? Some answers to these questions will help in providing more effective advice.
To transfer files across the network the computer that would be the "server" should have File Sharing turned on via the Sharing preferences. After sharing is enabled you will see the computer address you need to use in order to access the computer from a "client" in the form of afp://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn. The "client" computer attaches to the server by selecting Connect to Server from the Finder's Go menu. In the dialog enter the afp:// address provided by the Sharing panel on the "server" computer then click on the Connect button. In the dialog you will be offered the opportunity to log in as Guest or Registered user. Choose the latter and enter the username and password for your admin account on the "server" computer. Then select the device you wish to access - usually Macintosh HD. It should then mount on the Desktop of the "client" computer.
In order to access your Address Book, iCal, and Mail data you will need to copy the following items to their corresponding locations on the "client":
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
From the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder copy the following:
com.apple.AddressBook.abd.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.plist
com.apple.iCal.AlarmScheduler.plist
com.apple.iCal.helper.plist
com.apple.iCal.plist
com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist
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