Or, maybe, put one app on each page while you work on your moving process? Say you have a business app - so put it on a blank page (the first one after all your other pages with apps on it). In essence, start from scratch, making the first page AFTER your existing page represent your future first page. Then, put an entertainment app on the next blank page after that. And so on.
As long as there is one icon on the page, it won't "disappear" once you stop the icons from wiggling. Then, once you have your pages set up, move your icons off your mixed up pages to the pages you want. Once you have emptied a page (cause you've sorted the apps), that page will "disappear."
Man - that came out a bit more confusing that it is. Sorry.
Hopefully, you've got the gist of what I'm trying to convey. If not, holler back and I'll take another shot at it.
Marilyn