no water

We've lived here for about 31 years. Never broke a pipe till Saturday. We were without water for about 30 hours. My husband caught it before there was any damage inside the house. An insulated pipe broke just inside the brick; the brick had to be dug out to fix the break but not the sheet rock inside the laundry room nor did the cabinet have to be moved. I finished the 3 loads of dishes last night; we had exactly 4 paper plates and I didn't even think of going to the store until Sunday morning; I didn't think it was an 'ox in the mire' so we just kept using dishes. Good thing I have more than 1 set.