The Musings from Me family will fly out to San Diego tomorrow. Are we ready? Packed? Excited? Well, one out of three ain't bad!

I'm hoping the excitement for the trip will carry over in to packing. We'll see.

Here's my strategy to get all us packed for the family trip to San Diego and Los Angeles and me packed for BlogHer.

• The Tween brought up 5 rolling suitcases from the basement storage room. 1 for each of us.
• While the Tween was searching for luggage, I had the Kid bring down 9 pairs of shorts, 9 shirts, 9 pairs of socks, 9 pairs of underwear, 1 swim suit, and a couple of Polo shirts. Aren't boys easy when it comes to clothes? Now girls are a different story! 1 pile of clothes, 2 piles, and 3 piles later and his suitcase is packed.
• The Teen and Tween are in their bedrooms packing their own clothes in to their rolling suitcases. I'll do a cursory inspection as both are good at knowing what to pack.
• Of the two remaining suitcases (sounds like a math problem doesn't it?), I will use the larger of the suitcases for all my clothes for BlogHer and my clothes for the family trip to SD/LA. I will join the family once BlogHer is over. We're staying in the same hotel room, but I bet I rarely see them!
• My husband will pack his clothes in the smaller of the two suitcases.

I'll need a variety of clothes for BlogHer…a dress, a skirt, quite a few daytime blouses, a number of evening type blouses, 2 light jackets, capris and dressy shoes, and of course shoes. For the family trip, I'm packing shirts, t-shorts, sneakers, and flip flops.

Now the dilemma, how will I pack so that I have enough clothes for BlogHer and the family trip AND have room for whatever swag I pick up from BlogHer. Wire hangers!

Yes, my solution is to use wire coat hangers for the BlogHer clothes. I'll transport my BlogHer clothes in my suitcase on hangers, hang the clothes in the closet to keep the clothes a little wrinkle free., and then leave the hangers in the hotel room when I leave San Diego. The clothes for the family part of the trip will be folded and stacked in the suitcase. Once I leave BlogHer, I will fold the BlogHer clothes that I didn't wear to save space.

What is your packing secret?